From: Branden Robinson <branden@progeny.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [Linux-ia64] Re: XFree86 4.1.0, Linux/ia64, and various video cards
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 00:06:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590693005939@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-105590693005936@msgid-missing>
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 05:13:37PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Branden Robinson (branden@progeny.com) said:
> > The tests were conducted using a patched version of 4.1.0 for Debian and
> > Progeny that works around a problem with PIC symbols being absent in static
> > libraries, which powerpc, ia64, and hppa (among possible others) do not
> > tolerate. At the same time, PIC symbols in X server modules cause the X
> > server to segfault. I'll be submitting this patch to XFree86 shortly.
>
> That's easily fixed with config hackery. I'm surprised this hasn't
> been added yet.
The fix you posted has been tested, but doesn't catch all the cases. I'll
be posting my patch in a few minutes.
--
Branden Robinson | GPG signed/encrypted mail welcome
branden@progeny.com | 1024D/9C0BCBFB
Consultant | D5F6 D4C9 E25B 3D37 068C
Progeny Linux Systems | 72E8 0F42 191A 9C0B CBFB
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-27 0:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-26 21:13 [Linux-ia64] Re: XFree86 4.1.0, Linux/ia64, and various video cards Bill Nottingham
2001-07-27 0:06 ` Branden Robinson [this message]
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=marc-linux-ia64-105590693005939@msgid-missing \
--to=branden@progeny.com \
--cc=linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.