Re: New proposed DRM interface design

Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-04T11:20:28Z

On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 12:12:31PM +0100, Dave Airlie wrote:
> > > 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?
> >
> > You could start getting a clue.
> >
>
> Which is the problem, Keith was acting as a user with no clue, and why
> should a user who can't get his graphics card working worry about kernel
> upgrades, along with X upgrades, the DRI has a workable snapshot process
> now that allows users to use their DRI supported graphics card now, not in

A user without a clue should better be using a supported distribution.
If he used Fedora Core2 instead of the totally outdated and unsupported
RH9 he'd already have a kernel with i915 support on his disk.