On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Andrew P. Lentvorski wrote: > > This is the problem. Please read point 1. of section 4. in > > README.Solaris. You need to install the aperture driver.
> Argh. Somehow my brain managed to mangle the meaning of the third > paragraph. I think it was the mention of "Solaris x86 2.5" followed by > "For older". Mea culpa. > As a side note, your comments about the 64-bitness aperture driver clash > with Section 3 Point 1 Paragraph 3 of the README.Solaris file: > "On SPARCs, regardless of the compiler you use, ensure it generates 32-bit > binaries. At this time, 64-bit binaries will probably not work." > This comment was the reason why I specifically chose gcc 2.95.3 rather > than going to a newer version which would have a better shot at 64-bit > binaries. My "prohibition" against 64-bit applies to userland only, and is a consequence of the current XFree86 source code. The aperture driver however is part of the kernel's context, and must run in a 64-bit environment. Assuming GCC 3.* supports 64-bit ELF binaries, I would still expect it to default to 32-bit (like Sun's compiler does). If that's not the case, I'll need to make changes. > In addition, the README.Solaris spends an awful lot of lines on > "unsupported" VT-switching before even getting to XFree86 compiling > and configuration. > Perhaps the whole README.Solaris needs a good, solid rewrite to match the > current state of XFree86. I completely agree. What's there now is simply a Q&D evolution of what was there before. (You know: us developers don't fancy writing docs, right?) If you have something better, send me a patch against doc/sgml/Solaris.sgml. Marc. +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Computing and Network Services | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | 352 General Services Building | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | University of Alberta +-----------------------------------+ | Edmonton, Alberta | | | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ XFree86 Core Team member. ATI driver and X server internals. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
