Keith Whitwell wrote:
>
> Jens Owen wrote:
> >
> > Keith Whitwell wrote:
> >
> > > Jens, For TCL support, the driver needs drm module version 1.3.
> >
> > So, we really want to get version 1.3 onto users machines. Am I correct
> > in saying that older versions still work, but would cause the driver to
> > fall back to rasterization only.
>
> Fallback to indirect rendering - ie the driver won't load with older kernel
> module. Currently old drivers will work with new kernel modules, but not vice
> versa.
Should we update readeonCreateScreen to reflect this? It's still
checking for version 1.2 or newer.
> > I've made the following mods to Alan's scripts to try and use old DRM
> > modules if a new one can't be compiled. I have put warnings in this
> > case to inform the user this may severly limit functionality or
> > performance and that it is recommended that they upgrade to the latest
> > DRM Kernel Module.
>
> At the moment, this doesn't help. I can modify the driver to have this
> additional form of compatibility if it appears necessary.
I'm not sure, yet.
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