Re: New proposed DRM interface design

Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04T10:31:03Z

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?

Keith