Re: Alternative intel driver

[Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost>]

matthew green wrote:
>Robert Swindells writes:
>> 
>> I have local patches that allow the final version of the intel driver
>> with support for UMS to be built against the xorg server that is in
>> current.
>> 
>> The netbook of mine that wouldn't work with KMS seems fine now.
>> 
>> Is it still worthwhile importing it into the tree ?
>> 
>> It could help with PR 49330 I guess.
>
>i think that would be fine, considering that we still have
>severe issues with some systems.

I will get it ready to commit then.

>it would be great if the old radeon driver was around for
>those systems as well (they get at least some support, if
>not 3D.)  i never got this to work properly, but only tried
>once time..

What is broken for radeon ?

I'm typing this using the old driver on -current, it works fine for me.

I have been building both versions in my tree then renaming the old
module on the installed system:

% cd usr/X11R7/lib/modules/drivers/
% ls -l rad*
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel       15 May 11 22:14 radeon_drv.so -> radeon_drv.so.7
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   461813 May 11 22:09 radeon_drv.so.7
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel       19 May 11 22:14 radeon_drv_old.so -> radeon_drv_old.so.6
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  1303646 May 11 22:09 radeon_drv_old.so.6
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel       17 May 11 22:14 radeonhd_drv.so -> radeonhd_drv.so.1
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   582406 May 11 22:09 radeonhd_drv.so.1

Robert Swindells