> No, EXA has been backwards compatible since before xserver 1.1, so the > drivers should continue working without a rebuild (and also with one). > > > For the second solution, I definitely don't know enough either Xorg or > > nouveau to know if that would be easy or not. > > It shouldn't be too hard. > > That's great news, so we have several possible solutions (which is good) :
1° Easier but not safer : update the whole Xorg 2° Adapt the nouveau code to be retro-compatible 3° Backport the new EXA interface into Xorg 4° Ship extra EXA bits along with xserver-xorg-video-nouveau What can be done regarding the Debian policies ? I guess the first solution won't made it but for the rest... Michel, are you interested in working on it ? anybody ? Henry-Nicolas > -- > Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com > Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
