On Sam, 2009-03-21 at 00:52 +0100, Henry-Nicolas Tourneur wrote: > > 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 ?
I can provide EXA related advice/guidance, but no more. -- 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
