On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 05:27:03PM +0000, Keith Whitwell wrote: >Alan Hourihane wrote: >> >> On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 09:26:03AM -0700, Jens Owen wrote: >> > Alan Hourihane wrote: >> > > >> > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 11:42:48AM -0700, Jens Owen wrote: >> > >> > > > First, what are the base requirements before installation? It looks >> > > > like XFree86 4.x and Linux Kernel 2.4.x are required and checked for by >> > > > the install script. >> > >> > > The requirement has always been XFree86 4.x and kernel 2.4.x - when >> > > has this not been the case ? >> > >> > Just FYI, it looks like we may have hit a snag on general XFree86 4.x >> > compatability. >> > >> > Old DDX drivers should work with new servers, but the reverse isn't >> > guaranteed. For example, I can't use the current Radeon TCL driver >> > suite from the DRI trunk (based on XF4.2) on a system with XFree86 4.1 >> > installed. The new Radeon DDX driver references new interfaces not >> > found in the XFree86 4.1 X Server. >> > >> That's never been guaranteed. You can use the -ignoreABI switch to the >> Xserver to try it. You are getting the ABI compatibility message aren't >> you ? > >Sounds like somebody needs to explain the benefits of backwards compatibility >to XFree86...
The backwards compatibility works in the directions of the X server being able to use older drivers. The other direction isn't guaranteed. The situation is basically the the same as with DRM modules in the sense that the provider of the interfaces will work with older users of the interfaces. David -- David Dawes Senior X Architect Tungsten Graphics, Inc www.XFree86.org/~dawes www.tungstengraphics.com _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
