--- Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 17:46 -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote: > > --- Philip Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 06:41:38PM -0600, John Lightsey wrote: > > > > First let me say that if anyone would like to take over updating > the > > > > dri-trunk-sid packages on a semi-regular basis, I'd really > appreciate > > > > it. I don't track the Debian X or DRI mailing lists closely > enough to > > > > keep up with changes. > > > > > > I'd like to, but I'm not sure I have the time. I'll pull the sources > > > over sometime over the new year and take a look. > > > > > This might not be posible untill there is a sutable Xserver avalable > !with > > out! using DRI's old xc tree, read below. > > The DRI xc tree is dead, it's been folded into the X.Org tree. > I know, this causes a problem for any one building Xfree86 DRI. We need to fold the DRI xc tree into Xfree86 or stop using Xfree86 alltogether.
> > > > > On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 15:00 -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote: > > > > > At this time Xorg is used for most of the DRI development. It > also > > > seams > > > > > that the dri, glx, and opengl Xdrivers can be built in the Mesa > tree > > > with > > > > > libGL and the dri_ Xdrivers. Since Mesa is now able to build > > > against > > > > > Xfree86 and Xorg this would seam to fix most of the problems. > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is news to me. I thought the current recommended way of > doing > > > > things was to build an Xorg xserver, glx, and libgl, then build > the 3D > > > > drivers in Mesa. > > > > > > Maybe he's referring to embedded Mesa? > > > > > No, the current unofficial pkgs use the OLD xc tree to build Mesa and > we > > also need to build X from that tree. Since the Mesa tree has changed > the > > xc tree is now totaly bittroten, with no reason to correct this. I > don't > > think it will be posible to build the Xserver binary w/o using a(read > as > > any) xc tree. The only solution I see is to port the needed, if any, > > changes to a working and maintained xc tree. > > > > When this is done the only problem that remains is the 2d Xdrivers, as > I > > woulden't expect any one to pickup the MeargedFB code. > > The DRI xc tree has been folded into the X.Org tree, including MergedFB > etc.; it's dead. > Read Above. > > > I think with little effort the Mesa tree can be made to build a wider > > veriaty of Xdrivers since currenty the 3d Xdrivers are built in this > tree. > > What 'veriaty of Xdrivers' are you talking about, in particular, what's > a '3d Xdriver'? If you mean DDX drivers, I don't think those will ever > build in the Mesa tree. > I'm talking about 2d Xdrivers, where current MergedFB is built. I think these can be built with the Mesa/lib/r200_dri.so files that live in X11R6/lib/modules/dri/r200_dri.so? > > > I think this is the best way to get the Debian DRI pkgs building > again. I > > would hope that some one familure with Mesa builds would atleast > create > > the makefiles and symlinked headers for the 2d Xdrivers to build on. > > FWIW, if I had the time to work on those packages again, I'd do it along > the lines of: > > * DRM packages from the directory du jour of the mess that is the > DRI CVS drm module. > * libGL and 3D drivers from the Mesa tree (building libGL requires > adding glxproto.h to the tree though). > * X server from the X.Org tree. Will building the X.Org binarys and puting them on a system expecting Xfree86 binarys work? When sarge is released there will be ppl(like me) not willing to run Xorg, since it's not shiped with sarge. > > > > The real problem is how to get the changes out of the old xc tree, > this I > > can't solve but I know it must be done, if it must be done. > > Repeat after me: The DRI xc tree has been folded into the X.Org tree; > it's dead. The... > The DRI xc tree has been folded into the X.Org tree; it's dead. Ohh, lord what will we do? > > -- > Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer > Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
