Re: Looking for i915 build info

[Dave K. <du...@gm...>]

Thank you both for the information. I had wrongly assumed that
i915_dri.so was a binary provided by Intel.

Dave


On 11/8/05, Felix K=FChling <fx...@gm...> wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 08.11.2005, 17:05 -0400 schrieb Dave Kavanagh:
> > I am looking at adding vblank synchronization support to the i915 drive=
r.
> > I have a few questions on how all of the pieces fit together and where =
the
> > source code comes from.
> >
> > From my understanding, the snapshots such as i915-20051107-linux.i386
> > contain source code that is built to update the kernel DRM modules (i91=
5.ko
> > and drm.ko). The snapshot also contains binary files (i915_dri.so and
> > i810_drv.o) that are copied over the existing X modules.
>
> i810_drv.so in the latest version. ;-) We're using the DLLoader now.
>
> >
> > My question is this. Where is the source code that builds the new X mod=
ules?
> > I found the code that builds the original modules in the X source but I=
 can't
> > find the source for the updated modules.
>
> The DDX (2D) driver modules are built from Xorg CVS HEAD. The DRI (3D)
> driver modules are built from Mesa CVS HEAD.
>
> >
> > I am very new to DRM/DRI so I may be missing something but it seems to =
me that
> > adding vblank synchronization support will require modifications to bot=
h the
> > DRM and DRI parts of the equation.
>
> I don't know what the status of this is in the i915 driver. But in
> general you are right. Both DRM and DRI need support for vblank
> synchronization, for example by using IRQs.
>
> >
> > Can somebody enlighten me? Any information is appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave Kavanagh
> >
>
> Regards,
>  Felix
>
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