Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263468AbTIHSmd (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 14:42:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263477AbTIHSmd (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 14:42:33 -0400 Received: from pix-525-pool.redhat.com ([66.187.233.200]:17531 "EHLO lacrosse.corp.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263468AbTIHSm1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 14:42:27 -0400 Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:41:17 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: Stian Jordet Cc: Mika Liljeberg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: New ATI FireGL driver supports 2.6 kernel Message-ID: <20030908184117.GA681@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Stian Jordet , Mika Liljeberg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-users@lists.sourceforge.net References: <1063044345.1895.10.camel@hades> <1063045080.21991.13.camel@chevrolet.hybel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1063045080.21991.13.camel@chevrolet.hybel> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1699 Lines: 45 On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 06:18:01PM +0000, Stian Jordet wrote: > man, 08.09.2003 kl. 18.05 skrev Mika Liljeberg: > > Hi All, > > > > Just in case anyone is interested, ATI has released version 3.2.5 of > > their FireGL driver for XFree86. The driver supports all their high end > > graphics cards. This is the first version that has DRM support for the > > 2.6 series of kernels. > > Well.. Not really :) > > chevrolet:/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x# make > make -C /lib/modules/2.6.0-test4/build > SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.0-test4' > make[2]: `arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s' is up to date. > *** Warning: Overriding SUBDIRS on the command line can cause > *** inconsistencies > CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/agp3.o > CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/nvidia-agp.o > CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/agpgart_be.o > CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/i7505-agp.o > CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o Comedy. So the story so far.. - ATI grab 2.4.16's AGP driver. - Working AGP3 support happens in 2.5 - ATI gets backported to 2.4 and 'munged'. - Additional fixes go into 2.5 - ATI forwardport their trainwreck to 2.6. It shouldn't have *any* need whatsoever to touch agpgart in 2.6. The mind truly boggles. Dave -- Dave Jones http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/