The DRM changed between xfree86 4.0.x and 4.1.0 in an incompatible way.
 some kernel trees retained both DRMs so that you could build the
appropriate DRM depending on what version of xfree86 you were using.

Alex

--- John Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the linux 2.4 kernel tree under drivers/char there is both a drm
> subdirectory and a drm-4.0 subdirectory.
> 
> I've looked high and low for an explanation of drm vs. drm-4.0, I
> assume
> its a version difference, but I've come up dry. Can someone either
> explain to me what drm-4.0 is or send me a pointer to something that
> documents it. I'd like to know why one implementation is picked over
> the
> other, are there version dependencies, why it exists as parallel to
> drm
> and what its trying to fix.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
> -- 
> John Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> 


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