Am Dienstag, den 08.11.2005, 17:05 -0400 schrieb Dave Kavanagh: > I am looking at adding vblank synchronization support to the i915 driver. > I have a few questions on how all of the pieces fit together and where the > source code comes from. > > From my understanding, the snapshots such as i915-20051107-linux.i386 > contain source code that is built to update the kernel DRM modules (i915.ko > and drm.ko). The snapshot also contains binary files (i915_dri.so and > i810_drv.o) that are copied over the existing X modules.
i810_drv.so in the latest version. ;-) We're using the DLLoader now. > > My question is this. Where is the source code that builds the new X modules? > I found the code that builds the original modules in the X source but I can't > find the source for the updated modules. The DDX (2D) driver modules are built from Xorg CVS HEAD. The DRI (3D) driver modules are built from Mesa CVS HEAD. > > I am very new to DRM/DRI so I may be missing something but it seems to me that > adding vblank synchronization support will require modifications to both the > DRM and DRI parts of the equation. I don't know what the status of this is in the i915 driver. But in general you are right. Both DRM and DRI need support for vblank synchronization, for example by using IRQs. > > Can somebody enlighten me? Any information is appreciated. > > Thanks, > Dave Kavanagh > Regards, Felix -- | Felix Kühling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fxk.de.vu | | PGP Fingerprint: 6A3C 9566 5B30 DDED 73C3 B152 151C 5CC1 D888 E595 | ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
