On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 01:05:20PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 09:40:26AM -0500, Thomas E. Vaughan wrote: > > My understanding is that there are > > > > (1) an mga kernel module and > > (2) an mga (X) server module, also known as the mga driver. > > That's correct, if you're using direct rendering. > > You don't need a kernel module for your video hardware if you're just using > good-old fashioned non-framebuffer console support and no direct rendering. > > > Are you saying that I shouldn't be using the stock 2.4.0-test6 kernel > > module and should rather be using the kernel module from the dri project's > > cvs repository? If so, then does Branden include in his debs the relevant > > kernel module (either as compiled for some versions of the kernel or as > > source code)? > > No, the Linux kernel modules are not maintained by XFree86 as far as I know.
Huh, ... not sure about this, but i got a mail response from the xfree-devel list saying that the kernel modules in : xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel should be more recent than the kernel modules in the kernel release. That said, i looked at the gamma dri module in both 4.0.1 and kernel 2.4.0-test5, and it seemed to me that the linux kernel module was somewhat more recent, not sure though. Anyway, it was developped by VA folk i think. Friendly, Sven LUTHER