On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Micah Yoder wrote:
>Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 16:03:20 -0400
>From: Micah Yoder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.7 released
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>> > And for the desktop - is the kernel module required for use of XFree
>> > 4.1.0 in this release or will I need to patch it separately? Hopefully
>> > it and the XFS patch won't conflict. Am wanting XFS on the desktop too.
>> > :-)
>>
>> I don't know, I am staying away from XFree 4.1.0 for now until it becomes
>> more stable.
>
>Me too, but I want to upgrade eventually and since I'm gonna recompile the
>kernel anyway I want to get that module in.
Linus is not accepting the new DRM code (from XFree86 4.1.0) into
the mainstream kernel because it is not backward compatible and
breaks the DRM interface in a stable series. So if you compile
your own kernels and need DRM you will need to build DRM from
XFree86 sources or use Alan Hourihane's packaged DRM source for
the time being.
The DRI team is aware of this serious issue and is currently
trying to fix the DRM to be backward compatible at runtime.
No ETA of when this will occur, but it might possibly be in a
4.1.1 release if they make one.
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Mike A. Harris - Linux advocate - Open Source advocate
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