Jens Owen wrote:
> 
> 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?

Oh.  Yes,  I missed that.

Keith

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