Re: New proposed DRM interface design

[Nick Piggin]

Keith Whitwell wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 11:23:35AM +0100, Keith Whitwell wrote:
> >
> > > > Actually regulat users do.  And they do by pulling an uptodate 
> > > > kernel or
> > > > using a vendor kernel with backports.  This model would work for 
> > > > video drivers
> > > > aswell.
> > >
> > >
> > > Sure, explain to me how I should upgrade my RH-9 system to work on my 
> > > new i915?
> >
> >
> >
> > Download a new kernel.org kernel or petition the fedora legacy folks to
> > include a drm update.  The last release RH-9 kernel has various security
> > and data integrity issues anyway, so you'd be a fool to keep running it.
>
>
> OK, I've found www.kernel.org, and clicked on the 'latest stable kernel' 
> link.  I got a file called "patch-2.6.8.1.bz2".  I tried to install this 
> but nothing happened.  My i915 still doesn't work.  What do I do now?

Just out of interest, what would the scenario be if you do if you could
get a compatible driver?
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