From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Branden Robinson Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 00:06:44 +0000 Subject: [Linux-ia64] Re: XFree86 4.1.0, Linux/ia64, and various video cards Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org 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