On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Michael Thaler wrote: > Hello, > > I just compiled and installed the latest linux developer kernel. I > tried to install the Mach64 binary drivers from > www.retinalburn.com. With kernel 2.4.20 it works fine for me, but with > kernel 2.5.66 I get the following error message: > > :/usr/local/src/dripkg# modprobe mach64 > FATAL: Error inserting mach64 > (/lib/modules/2.5.66/kernel/drivers/char/drm/mach64.o): Invalid module > format > > Is it possible to get the Mach64 driver working with ther developer > kernels? Will it help to coompile the mach64 branch? > > Greetings, > Michael
Right now I'm not sure if the DRM drivers in DRI cvs will work unmodified when built against 2.5.x (assuming they actually build). Linus and others have been maintaining DRM drivers in the 2.5.x kernel tree based on the DRI trunk, but of course mach64 is not part of the DRI trunk yet, so it's not in the kernel sources yet. If you want to use 2.5.x with the mach64 driver, you may need to do some merging/modification of the DRM code from the mach64 branch (I'm not planning to install a development kernel on my test system). Make sure you've updated all the utilities required to run the 2.5.x kernels (e.g. modutils) and rebuilt the mach64.o module for the current kernel you're running. If you're not comfortable hacking on the code yourself, I'd suggest sticking with a 2.4.x kernel to use the DRI driver until the new stable kernel series (2.6/3.0?) is opened. -- Leif Delgass http://www.retinalburn.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Definitive IT and Networking Event. Be There! NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2003 -- Register today! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?keyn0001en _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
