From: Alex D. <ag...@ya...> - 2004-04-29 16:39:39
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--- Vladimir Dergachev <vo...@mi...> wrote: > > Keith - do these drivers work with XFree86 4.4.0, or do they require > something newer ? > > Also, if one is starting on a new driver do you recommend using 4.4.0 > codebase or something different ? (the simpler the better..) I'd say stick with DRI (for DDX) amd mesa (for 3D) cvs for the time being (until this is sorted out). Alex > > thanks ! > > Vladimir Dergachev > > > On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Keith Whitwell wrote: > > > I've committed a patch to allow people to build DRI drivers > directly in Mesa > > CVS. There are still a couple of gotchas, so I'm going to give > some build > > instructions here: > > > > 1) Update your mesa CVS... > > > > 2) Ensure you have a checkout of DRM cvs somewhere. > > 3) Edit <MesaCVS>/config/linux-dri to set DRM_SOURCE_PATH to point > to the DRM > > cvs tree. > > > > 4) In <MesaCVS>, type: make linux-dri > > -- This should (hopefully) build the *_dri.so files and place them > in > > <MesaCVS>/lib > > > > To use the drivers: > > > > 1) export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=<MesaCVS>/lib > > > > and then go off and run some demos to check. > > > > I've tested a few things such as quake, tuxracer and the Mesa > demos, and all > > seems well. Additionally, I've verified that DRI cvs continues to > build. > > > > Hopefully, we can start a new 'stable' Mesa branch shortly, import > that into > > DRI CVS so that we can stop worrying about breaking the DRI build > with every > > Mesa change. Then, driver development can continue in the Mesa > tree, the DRI > > tree will host DDX and integration development and receive periodic > snapshots > > into xc/extras/Mesa, as it used to. > > > > Keith > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover |