On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 09:41 +0200, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Jan de Groot schrieb: > > On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 19:55 +0200, Thomas Bächler wrote: > >> I'd like to add a klibc version of 915resolution to extra. 915resolution > >> is unnecessary for Xorg these days, it is however useful when compiled > >> with klibc if you want to use uvesafb for widescreen framebuffer. Any > >> objections? > > > > As long as it's an optional hook it's fine to me. > > All hooks are optional! > > > Can you add a klibc compiled version to the regular 915resolution > > package instead of having a 915resolution-klibc? > > I'd have to move that in from community, as I have to keep it in sync > with klibc all the time. However, I don't see a point in having > 915resolution around except for klibc, as the only use nowadays is > adjusting the resolutions for uvesafb - nobody uses the old i810 xorg > driver anymore. If you insist I'll talk to voidnull about moving his > community packages to extra.
There's a large group with older hardware that still uses the i810 driver, but remember i810 is completely broken with xorg-server 1.5, so we shouldn't care about it anymore.
