Re: [Linux-ia64] Re: Linux 2.4.17-pre6 drm-4.0

Christoph Hellwig
2001-12-09T16:42:50Z

On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 03:34:38PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > So what DRM can build out of tree easily - e.g. the Caldera LTP
> > (3.1 early access) had a DRM package built completly out of tree.
>
> XFree86 4.0, 4.1, ... ship with the DRM kernel modules buildable from
> the XFree86 tree too

Been there, done that.

Having seen the XFree build process this doesn't look like an option to
me anymore. Also a separate tarball easyfies building a new set of modules
for a new kernel a lot.

Christoph

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Of course it doesn't work. We've performed a software upgrade.