Duncan wrote:
> Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> excerpted below, on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:37:37 -0400:
>
>> Duncan wrote:
>>> Jason ...:
>>>
>>>> Also, when compiling X.org/mesa/drm from source, it builds the kernel
>>>> modules drm.ko and i915.ko. What package does that in gentoo?
>>> That's the kernel, AFAIK. [snip]
>> Yep, that's what I'm looking to replace with the ones from the X.org
>> tree. I'd like to do it within the portage system, but 'equery files
>> mesa' didn't have any *.ko's and 'equery files libdrm' didn't either...
>>
>> The kernel version usually lags behind primary developer's version,
>> especially when there a lot of development occurring (like the intel
>> driver).
>>
>> I also tried 'eix -S 'X\.org.*kernel'' and got nothing... Does anyone
>> have any idea if there is even a Gentoo pkg for the X.org drm/i915
>> modules?
[snip]
> So (again) to my knowledge, which might be incorrect as I don't have the
> hardware, I believe if you want newer than in-kernel versions, you'll
> need to compile them manually, *OR*...
This did the trick:
eix -S 'kernel.*X'
* x11-base/x11-drm
Available versions: ~20051223 20060608 ~20060608-r1 ~20070314
{kernel_FreeBSD kernel_linux video_cards_i810 video_cards_mach64
video_cards_mga video_cards_nv video_cards_r128 video_cards_radeon
video_cards_savage video_cards_sis video_cards_sunffb video_cards_tdfx
video_cards_via}
Homepage: http://dri.sf.net
Description: DRM Kernel Modules for X11
Now I have to figure out what other ebuilds need to unmasked/rebuilt to
get it running smoothly. It was in the base portage tree.
Jason.
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