On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 22:26, Michael Cardenas wrote: > On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:57:48PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > ... > > > I just wanted to ask if there's a reason that the 4.2.0 pre1v1 debs > > > weren't compiled against the updated 1.2.0 kernel modules? > > > > It's not a matter of compiling against the kernel modules, on the > > contrary the source for them is in the XFree86 tree. The problems are > > that most kernel trees haven't been updated to the DRM versions required > > for 4.2.0 yet and the modules need to be built against the headers of the > > running kernel. The latter could be solved with a kernel module source > > package for use with kernel-package. > > > > > > Are you saying that the dri modules in xfree86 need to be compiled > against the headers of the running kernel? > > If I've updated my kernel modules to be the 1.2.0 versions, with the > patch from xfree86.org, then do I need to recompile the xfree86 debs > against the patched kernel source?
No, just the DRM kernel modules. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
