Re: [Dri-devel] r128 module in linux kernel 2.4.6

2001-07-08 Thread volodya
On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Mike Westall wrote: > Thilo, > > You make it sound as though you propose an easy and obvious > solution with no adverse side-effects. > > Such is not the case. > > You are implicitly assuming a compatibility model in which > any newer version of r128.o is GUARANTEED to w

Re: [Dri-devel] r128 module in linux kernel 2.4.6

2001-07-08 Thread Mike Westall
Thilo, You make it sound as though you propose an easy and obvious solution with no adverse side-effects. Such is not the case. You are implicitly assuming a compatibility model in which any newer version of r128.o is GUARANTEED to work with any older version of the DRI. In ideal world that w

[Dri-devel] r128 module in linux kernel 2.4.6

2001-07-08 Thread Thilo Kopp
to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Sirs: My notebook (Dell C800 Latitude) has a built-in RAGE MOBILITY 128 AGP 4X graphics card. The chiptype is M4 AGP4X. The corresponding kernel module is the r128.o which also enables DRI. The following setup works perfectly fine --- including DRI: kernel 2.4.3 XFree