Re: New proposed DRM interface design

Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04T11:34:27Z

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 12:18:24PM +0100, Keith Whitwell wrote:
>
>>You didn't stick with that long Christoph. We're not even past first base
>>yet. Let's try again?
>>
>>So, I've got this file "patch-2.6.8.1.bz2". Lets suppose my older brother
>>comes in & compiles it up for me & I'm now running 2.6.8.1 - it's implausible
>>I know, but let's make it easier for you. Now, why isn't my i915 working?
>
>
> Because the drm developer took a long time to submit the driver after
> is was finished as they develop in a separate CVS tree instead of the kernel
> tree.

OK, fair enough. We've been spoilt in the past with "automatic" merges
courtesy of some nice LKML types.

But, now I've compiled 2.6.9 or whatever, it's still not working. My brother
says he won't come in and do any more work on my computer, so you'll have to
help me out from here...

Keith