[Dri-devel] Radeon 8500, XFree86 CVS vs DRI..

2002-09-19 Thread Linus Torvalds
Is there any reason why the DRI tree isn't tracking the XFree86 CVS tree more? On my Radeon 8500, the DRI tree apparently still doesn't do the Xv extension correctly, even though XFree86 CVS has done it for ages (thanks to Keith for getting the relevant bits off Gatos). So I have to have two

AW: [Dri-devel] matrox parhelia vs. opensource?

2002-09-19 Thread Johannes Rath
Title: AW: [Dri-devel] matrox parhelia vs. opensource? A'rpi, besides from the open/closed source issue, what are your experiences with the closed source driver in regard to 3d. Johannes -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Arpi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 18.

Re: [Dri-devel] Radeon 8500, XFree86 CVS vs DRI..

2002-09-19 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 11:42:35PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: Is there any reason why the DRI tree isn't tracking the XFree86 CVS tree more? On my Radeon 8500, the DRI tree apparently still doesn't do the Xv extension correctly, even though XFree86 CVS has done it for ages (thanks to

Re: AW: [Dri-devel] matrox parhelia vs. opensource?

2002-09-19 Thread Arpi
Hi, besides from the open/closed source issue, what are your experiences with the closed source driver in regard to 3d. I have no such card - so i have no experiences at all. Anyway, there is no 3D support in the closed source driver, according to their release notes. It only provides 2d

Re: [Dri-devel] Radeon 8500, XFree86 CVS vs DRI..

2002-09-19 Thread Jens Owen
Sven LUTHER wrote: On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 11:42:35PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: Is there any reason why the DRI tree isn't tracking the XFree86 CVS tree more? Linus, Think of the DRI trunk as a 3D development branch of XFree86. For the 8500, we've been focused on developing the 3D

Re: [Dri-devel] Radeon 8500, XFree86 CVS vs DRI..

2002-09-19 Thread Keith Packard
Around 9 o'clock on Sep 19, Jens Owen wrote: A word of caution about DRM compatability and Gatos. I'm not certain how much of the Gatos functionality Keith P. has integrated into XFree86, but they have been releasing DRM drivers that are not backwards compatible with old XFree86

Re: [Dri-devel] Radeon 8500, XFree86 CVS vs DRI..

2002-09-19 Thread Adam K Kirchhoff
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote: ( Yes, the Gatos people do not share some of the same concerns the XFree86 people do. I know XFree86 people must sometimes be frustrated with the fast-and-lose just get it working approach of some of the Gatos code, but I bet that the Gatos

[Dri-devel] Debugging DRM kernel modules

2002-09-19 Thread Bhavana Nagendra
Hi, What is the preferred debugging method used for debugging loadable DRM kernel modules? Has anyone successfully used kgdb for debugging their driver? Any insight into this would be appreciated. Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the list yet. Thanks, -- Bhavana Nagendra

Re: [Dri-devel] Debugging DRM kernel modules

2002-09-19 Thread Jens Owen
Bhavana Nagendra wrote: Hi, What is the preferred debugging method used for debugging loadable DRM kernel modules? Has anyone successfully used kgdb for debugging their driver? Any insight into this would be appreciated. I believe kprintf is the usual method. Please CC me as I'm not