Re: [Dri-devel] kernel vs. X4.1.0 modules, per Frank Worsley

[Daryll S. <da...@va...>]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 02:48:32PM -0400, Ed....@gu... wrote:
> Good point - I have X4.1.0 and kernel 2.4.5, and no DRI with my Radeon under
> Linux.
> 
> 2.4.5 gives me radeon.o in /lib/modules/blah
> X4.1.0 gives me a radeon_drv.o somewhere in /usr/X11R6/lib
> 
> insmod /path/to/it/radeon_drv.o doesn't do anything,
> insmod radeon.o works, but only is version 1.0.0, not 1.1.x
> 
> How do you force/specify the X module instead of the kernel one?

The Linux kernel sources will be updated with the XFree 4.1 modules some
time soon. I don't think separating them is a good idea. The problem is
that if you're outside the kernel you have a much harder time tracking
the kernel changes. We've discussed it. It has pluses and minuses, but I
think having it in the kernel is a better choice.

Your problem is that radeon_drv.o isn't the kernel module, it's just one of
the .o files. You need radeon.o

The correct directory is:
    xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel
You can do a compile in that directory even if you haven't built all of
X. 

							- |Daryll