From: C. B. <cb...@st...> - 2002-12-20 05:54:03
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radeon_state.c.patch
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I would like to beg for the inclusion of #define PCIGART_ENABLED in radeon_dri.c, radeon_cp.c and the applied ring buffer tweak to the XFree86 CVS. The pci changes shouldnt affect any other system and do allow rather stable 3D accelerated environment, with a properly configured XF86Config-4 file. I have been running these as such for a while,and I proposed to get them in through regular XFree86, and was told they were forwarded to you guys. That ws at the end of 4.1.0. I am submitting directly to you now in hopes of faster response. The attached ring buffer tweak is not entirely my own, the bulk of it being released publically on the Internet by ht...@cs..., whom I have been unable to contact for some time. All other minor tweaking is my own,and the whole patch should be GPL. Thank you for your consideration. -- Chuck Brewer Registered Linux User #284015 Get my gpg public key at pgp.mit.edu!! Encrypted e-mail preferred. This entire domain and all associated e-mail addresses are located in the State of Washington,and sending mail to addresses at this domain is subject to the provisions of the Revised Code of Washington. |
From: Michel <mi...@da...> - 2002-12-20 13:51:52
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On Fre, 2002-12-20 at 06:51, C. Brewer wrote: > I would like to beg for the inclusion of #define PCIGART_ENABLED in > radeon_dri.c, radeon_cp.c and the applied ring buffer tweak to the > XFree86 CVS. The pci changes shouldnt affect any other system and do > allow rather stable 3D accelerated environment, with a properly configured > XF86Config-4 file. I have been running these as such for a while,and I > proposed to get them in through regular XFree86, and was told they were > forwarded to you guys. That ws at the end of 4.1.0. > I am submitting directly to you now in hopes of faster response. I've been meaning to rip out all the code related to PCIGART_ENABLED for a while, but if you beat me to it that's fine with me. :) > The attached ring buffer tweak is not entirely my own, the bulk of it > being released publically on the Internet by ht...@cs..., whom > I have been unable to contact for some time. All other minor tweaking > is my own,and the whole patch should be GPL. Can you verify this is still needed with the current DRI trunk (or mesa-4-0-4-branch, which will go into XFree86 4.3.0)? It seems that macro has been changed to only serve statistical purposes without any impact on behaviour. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast |
From: C. B. <cb...@st...> - 2002-12-20 20:26:30
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Thank you for your prompt replies. I have tried the latest trunk w/unpatched radeon_state.c, so I guess that fix is no longer required. I seem to recall something about the ring buffer having redundant checks, which is why I've always kept it patched, but currently works unpatched. I guess if I could champion the cause of #define PCIGART_ENABLED to be default for x86 as well as alpha (not sure how it works on ppc or any other platform), then I swear I wont meddle for at least a week or two:) -- Chuck Brewer Registered Linux User #284015 Get my gpg public key at pgp.mit.edu!! Encrypted e-mail preferred. This entire domain and all associated e-mail addresses are located in the State of Washington,and sending mail to addresses at this domain is subject to the provisions of the Revised Code of Washington. |
From: Jens O. <je...@tu...> - 2002-12-20 14:19:24
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C. Brewer wrote: > I would like to beg for the inclusion of #define PCIGART_ENABLED in radeon_dri.c, radeon_cp.c and the applied ring buffer tweak to the XFree86 CVS. The pci changes shouldnt affect any other system and do allow rather stable 3D accelerated environment, with a properly configured XF86Config-4 file. I have been running these as such for a while,and I proposed to get them in through regular XFree86, and was told they were forwarded to you guys. That ws at the end of 4.1.0. > I am submitting directly to you now in hopes of faster response. > > The attached ring buffer tweak is not entirely my own, the bulk of it being released publically on the Internet by ht...@cs..., whom I have been unable to contact for some time. All other minor tweaking is my own,and the whole patch should be GPL. > > Thank you for your consideration. > Chuck, I just want to point out the XFree86 only accepts BSD style licensing, not GPL. The code from the DRI project get's merged into XFree86 (we're a subproject, if you will), so we need to follow that licensing as well. See http://www.xfree86.org/legal/licence.html for more details. Regards, Jens -- /\ Jens Owen / \/\ _ je...@tu... / \ \ \ Steamboat Springs, Colorado |