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.
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2001-07-26 21:13 [Linux-ia64] Re: XFree86 4.1.0, Linux/ia64, and various video cards Bill Nottingham
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