Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269896AbUIDLiL (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 07:38:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269900AbUIDLep (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 07:34:45 -0400 Received: from imladris.demon.co.uk ([193.237.130.41]:13574 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269896AbUIDLdh (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 07:33:37 -0400 Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 12:33:30 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Keith Whitwell Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Dave Airlie , Jon Smirl , dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New proposed DRM interface design Message-ID: <20040904123330.A14484@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Keith Whitwell , Dave Airlie , Jon Smirl , dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040904102914.B13149@infradead.org> <41398EBD.2040900@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904104834.B13362@infradead.org> <413997A7.9060406@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904112535.A13750@infradead.org> <4139995E.5030505@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904120352.B14037@infradead.org> <4139A480.4060306@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904122044.A14310@infradead.org> <4139A759.7040503@tungstengraphics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <4139A759.7040503@tungstengraphics.com>; from keith@tungstengraphics.com on Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 12:30:33PM +0100 X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by phoenix.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1124 Lines: 25 On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 12:30:33PM +0100, Keith Whitwell wrote: > >>So, I've got this file "patch-2.6.8.1.bz2". Lets suppose my older brother > >>comes in & compiles it up for me & I'm now running 2.6.8.1 - it's implausible > >>I know, but let's make it easier for you. Now, why isn't my i915 working? > > > > > > Because the drm developer took a long time to submit the driver after > > is was finished as they develop in a separate CVS tree instead of the kernel > > tree. > > OK, fair enough. We've been spoilt in the past with "automatic" merges > courtesy of some nice LKML types. > > But, now I've compiled 2.6.9 or whatever, it's still not working. My brother > says he won't come in and do any more work on my computer, so you'll have to > help me out from here... Here's a nickel, buy yourself some supported distribution and talk to their support people. - 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/