--- On Wed, 11/11/09, Andy Walls <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Andy Walls <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [ivtv-devel] ARCH Linux, xorg-server 1.7.1 and ivtvfb
> To: "Discussion list for development of the IVTV driver"
> <[email protected]>
> Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 10:08 PM
> On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 18:36 +0100,
> Andreas Baumann wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > Reposting here from 'ivtv-users' (realizing that this
> is maybe the better
> > place):
> >
> >
> > As ARCH Linux is always bleeding edge things tend to
> break sometimes. :-)
> >
> > I "fixed" the 'xf86-video-ivtvfb' package in the AUR:
> >
> > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23898
> >
> > I would be happy to get feedback from people who
> actually know how to
> > fix this issue properly. I'm not feeling very
> comfortable just removing
> > the RAC code from the module.
>
>
> Andreas,
>
> Well, I'm no expert on the ivtvfb driver for X, I can take
> a look at it.
>
> However, right now I just tried to install Fedora 12 Beta
> in my machine
> with my PVR-350 so I could work on ivtvfb and kernel
> 2.6.3[01] problem
> reports, but the install just aborted on me.
>
> I'll try and get to looking at it, but it could be a
> while. Is there
> any Xorg documentation or mailing list posts
> explaining the deprecation
> of the RAC calls and any possible replacement mechanism?
No, I just found a wiki entry about the VGA arbiter supposed to
replace RAC:
http://www.x.org/wiki/VgaArbiter
Greetings
Andreas
>
> Regards,
> Andy
>
> > Cheers
> >
> > Andreas
> >
> >
>
>
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