Re: New proposed DRM interface design

[Keith Whitwell]

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 12:30:33PM +0100, Keith Whitwell wrote:
>
> > > > So, I've got this file "patch-2.6.8.1.bz2".  Lets suppose my older brother 
> > > > comes in & compiles it up for me & I'm now running 2.6.8.1 - it's implausible 
> > > > I know, but let's make it easier for you.  Now, why isn't my i915 working?
> > >
> > >
> > > Because the drm developer took a long time to submit the driver after
> > > is was finished as they develop in a separate CVS tree instead of the kernel
> > > tree.
> >
> > OK, fair enough.  We've been spoilt in the past with "automatic" merges 
> > courtesy of some nice LKML types.
> >
> > But, now I've compiled 2.6.9 or whatever, it's still not working.  My brother 
> > says he won't come in and do any more work on my computer, so you'll have to 
> > help me out from here...
>
>
> Here's a nickel, buy yourself some supported distribution and talk to their
> support people.

Or I could just buy an closed-source card instead.

Keith
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