and u can look at the ebuilds here, and suss out what they do. The
current latest is ati-drivers-3.2.8-r1.ebuild

http://linux.citylink.co.nz/gentoo-x86-portage/media-video/ati-drivers/

(they are text files so they may not open in the browser - depends on
the browser and how it is set up)


On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 14:49:02 +1200 (NZST)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> That looks like what the thread is talking about, although it does also mention 
> a patch for AMD processors as well - which may be there, but not included in 
> your excerpt.
> 
> Quoting Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 
> > The ebuild seems to do some patching for the 2.6 kernel series, heres
> > an
> > excerpt:
> > 
> > if [ "`echo ${KV}|grep 2.6`" ] ; then
> > 
> >  einfo "applying fglrx-2.6-vmalloc-vmaddr.patch"
> >  patch -p1 < ${FILESDIR}/fglrx-2.6-vmalloc-vmaddr.patch
> > 
> > maybe this already does what is necessary?
> > 
> > On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 14:14:41 +1200 (NZST)
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 
> > > I have found a howto for the ATI driver on the 2.6 kernel here:
> > > http://www.rage3d.org/board/showthread.php?
> > > s=2f1fda16fb42aad44bb69cdc345f61c7&threadid=33730800
> > > It does involve patching the driver but seems fairly straight
> > forward.
> > > 
> > > Quoting "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > 
> > > > Although, looking at the website it appears that they are for the
> > 2.4
> > > > kernel... 
> > > > and I would like to go to the 2.6 kernel if possible.
> > > > 
> > > > Quoting "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > 
> >  

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