I'd like some input on this: I have a patch that fixes SSE problems on 2.4 kernels. However, on 2.6 kernels it breaks OpenGL (applications segfault).
Currently I'm applying this patch if /usr/src/linux is linked to a 2.4 kernel at compile-time. This means that if a user emerges xfree when linked to a 2.4 kernel, that user will need to remerge xfree after moving to 2.6 kernels. This takes about 40 minutes on a ~2GHz x86. However, if this patch is not applied, the bug will continue to exist for all Gentoo users on 2.4 kernels. My request to you is: 1) Is this acceptable? 2) If not, what is a better solution? Dropping the patch entirely? Note that I don't know Mesa/programming well enough to write a patch compatible for both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels. Thanks, Donnie
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