On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 04:52:48PM +1200, Michael Cree wrote: > I also noted in the changelog of the recent upload to debian-ports of the > xserver radeon video driver a comment to the effect that KMS is now only > supported. This may be problematic to anyone running a radeon card, a > stock standard Debian kernel and X-window on Alpha, as the kernel radeon > module is now so large that it fails to load due to relocation errors. To > run X-window now with a radeon card on Alpha will likely require building > your own kernel with radeon built in the kernel.
*This* heads-up also appreciated. I wouldn't have noticed it, because I tend to build-in the drivers for the hardware that's present and always used (SCSI controller, video, etc.). Has the module load relocation error matter been reported on linux-kernel? It wouldn't surprise me if it had and I missed it... Not sure what that says about the definition of a "module" when it gets so large that loading it becomes an issue. To the extent the needed functionality can be spread across multiple smaller modules, I'd guess that's the way forward. --Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
