Re: Newer Mesa and libDRM?

[Drew Parsons]

James asked:
 I was wondering if there were any firm plans of getting a newer mesa or 
 libdrm 
 into unstable or etch, etc. I know the correct response is, When we're 
 ready, but I was hoping for any juicy tidbits (even if in general) that go 
 beyond that.

No firms plans but we are expecting to ship mesa 6.5.1 with compiz and
its new fork in etch. I think it may happen sooner rather than later,
that is within a couple of weeks, not months. Those responsible for the
actual uploads will be doing evaluations to ensure it won't disrupt the
rest of X first.

Drew


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Newer Mesa and libDRM?

[James Spencer]

Hi, first of all, I'd like to say thanks for getting xorg 7.1 and that mesa 
snapshot into unstable. I've been using that Mesa snapshot (from 
experimental) for quite some time on my r300 class hardware.

That being said, I've been salivating while following the xorg, mesa, and dri 
lists-- And fighting that urge to start compiling source. So yesterday I 
started feeling ambitious and I grabbed libdrm2-2.0.2+git20060809 and Mesa 
6.5.1+git20060817 from Ubuntu, and built the debs against an 
otherwise 'clean' Debian Unstable system.

The short version is, yes there are noticeable improvements in the r300 driver 
there. (In the case of GL games) I haven't really plucked around with the 
desktop acceleration stuff too much. From what I've been reading similar 
things could be said from the intel side of the fence. In the case of newer 
r300 hardware, if you want to use open source drivers, you really kind of 
need to go to the bleeding edge. (And yes, I'm a hypocrite because I play 
closed games.)

I was wondering if there were any firm plans of getting a newer mesa or libdrm 
into unstable or etch, etc. I know the correct response is, When we're 
ready, but I was hoping for any juicy tidbits (even if in general) that go 
beyond that.

Thanks!

_James


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