I would love to contribute, and I'm more then willing to help with this 
problem, however, I've only got a radeon, so I cant do too much testing 
with anything else.  At any rate, Lemmie know what needs to be done.

Micah

Jos� Fonseca wrote:

> Jens,
>
> On 2002.05.13 14:58 Jens Owen wrote:
>
>> Jose,
>>
>> I recommend a full two way merge (DRI->kernel and kernel->DRI).  The
>> kernel->DRI changes can be submitted directly to our repository for
>> testing.  The DRI->kernel changes require a patch be submitted to the
>> kernel team.  If we need two patches (for 2.4 and 2.5) that's okay--but
>> we should try to end up with a common driver source for both kernel
>> versions in our repository, if at all possible.  Posting these patches
>> on the DRI site is for the purpose of getting some alpha testing
>> exposure and code review before submitting to the kernel team.
>>
>> Once we have merged sources in both repositories, then David and Alan
>> can pick up the latest from our repository.
>>
>> Getting these fixes out minimizes our need to create patches relative to
>> all the verious places the kernel DRM drivers can be found.
>
>
> I agree entirely with you.
>
>>
>> Does this plan cover our needs, or am I overlooking something?
>>
>
> Nop, but who will do this? (I can't volunteer as I have no more spare 
> time until June.)
>
> I would be nice to know what is the current state of affairs? Is it like:
>
>  - both 2.4.x 2.5.x linux kernel series have the XFree 4.1.0 DRMs 
> (with changes by the linux kernel developers to match the rest of the 
> kernel).
>  - the XFree86 4.2.0 tree has DRM source for early 2.4.x series
>    - for 2.4.18 changes are required, for which Mike made a patch
>    - for 2.5.x likewise, for which Micah patched the radeon kernel only
>
> And what is necessary to do is:
>
>  - adapt the DRI CVS kernel modules to build in at least three kernel 
> versions,
>  - make a patch against the latest 2.4.x and 2.5.x kernels
>
> Is this picture correct?
>
> Jos� Fonseca
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