Keith Whitwell wrote:
>
> Jens Owen wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> This reflects the fact that the DDX driver doesn't use any new functionality
> in the kernel. In fact, it hasn't been modified for tcl at all... In other
> words, the tcl driver doesn't really need an upgrade to the DDX driver...
Good to know the DDX driver doesn't need to be upgraded, thanks.
However, I was refering to the DRM version
(xc/lib/GL/mesa/src/drv/radeon/radeon_screen.c: line 79). If we require
the Radeon 1.3 DRM module, wouldn't this be the place to check?
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