I have just compiled the radeon driver against 2.5.74, patch attached, and I was wondering about polices concerning things like #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE and how other drivers will work, ect.
I would be more than happy to start working on this, if there is a demand. My work would manly consist of the ?most popular? | used drivers /w kernels 2.5.69 and up. If there is a need or demand to expand this work I'd be happy to, as long as there was some around to test, and reap the benefits. as I don't see the point in making DRM work with kernels that no one will use for more than just the time to test that it works. I will test compile my code vs 2.5.69, and actually run apps(radeon only) against 79 and up. All the #if will START ought being LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,69), and will be change accordingly(by users response and personal findings). If users do start reporting success/failures for earlier versions the work at that time can be expanded. I.E. Lets say that I or we do get all the drivers to compile and run for 2.5.12. Glxgears would probably be the only app we would have time to test, I doubt there would be any testing it would take a long time to test all 74 kernels. It would all be for nothing if A user starts using our code just to find we STILL need to fix it. If we get bug reports that's different, it means that ppl are actually testing/using our code. Question: I had just finnesed patching the radeon code. One thing struck me as odd, I had to change all the agp_memory types to struct agp_memory. I was wondering if maby there could be a reason when that was changed there was not just a typdef for the old way, or is it just plain forgetfullness. Any way at this point it seams like it's a problem we have to handel in our code, better LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,x) then KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,x) <= LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,y). right? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
