Re: [Dri-devel] Re: [GATOS]Re: Bugfix for br0ken DMA on r128 andpossibly radeonDMA functions
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From: Keith W. <ke...@tu...> - 2002-01-31 09:08:16
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Vladimir Dergachev wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Gareth Hughes wrote: > > > > The assumption was only made for experimental GATOS drivers. It is a > > > practical one. More people come and ask: "I upgraded to GATOS driver and > > > DRI won't work anymore !" Answer: RTFM, upgrade drm driver. > > > > It's already been determined that: > > > > "I just upgraded my kernel, and DRI won't work anymore!" > > "RTFM, upgrade your X server" > > > > "I just upgraded my X server, and DRI doesn't work anymore!" > > "RTFM, upgrade your kernel" > > > > just doesn't cut it. You aren't allowed to do anything that > > requires a response of "RTFM, upgrade ..." > > > > Start thinking of alternatives... > > Gareth, the current driver is broken. If someone wants to use video > capture they _need_ both GATOS 2d driver and GATOS drm driver, period. > > What's so wrong about upgrading ? > > Also, I can make drm driver work nice with older 2d drivers - as soon as > someone will show me a way to tell the version of the 2d driver that is > accessing the drm driver. Perhaps you should assume it is the older version until you know otherwise. Keith |