Messages in this thread |  | | From | Zdenek Kabelac <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.6-ac3 | Date | Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:19:00 GMT |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > the 3 parts are changed for the fun of it. Granted, issues of backwards > > compatibility haven't been handled well in the past, but with the next > > resync I believe that moving forward this will no longer be a problem. > > You'd have to talk to the guys at VA about this, however. > > Right but we cannot go around breaking support for older setups. A user > updating their 2.4.x stable kernel and finding X11 no longer works simply isnt > an acceptable situation for serious users.
Well only acceleration would not work as far as I know. And if the user is tracking kernel development he probably also have Xfree4.1 on his box.
I really think drm should be upgraded sooner than in 2.5 kernel.
kabi
BTW - will we ever see Vertical Blank Interrupt driver ?
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