Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Mar 2010 21:42:28 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [git pull] drm request 3 |
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On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, Dave Airlie wrote: > > > > if not then: > > http://people.fedoraproject.org/~airlied/xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.16-2.20100218git2964702.fc13.test.src.rpm > > > > That src rpm should be rebuildable on F12, I just removed the requires > > on F13 stuff. > > Well, that wants the new kernel, but I can force it with --nodeps.. > > I'll reboot and test.
Bingo.
Could this be done as a real F12 binary package (maybe call it "force-nouveau-0.0.16" or something) for testers to use? I had most of the X devel tools set up anyway since I used to build intel drivers from git for one of my experimental machines. And I guess most kernel devs can generally easily do the rpm build, but I'd hate to lose any more plain testers than I absolutely have to.
And it would make it way easier for people to try out their kernel, notice that X doesn't work, and then let them know that something like a simple
yum install force-nouveau-0.0.16
makes it work. Compared to having them install X builds, do a "rpm -Uvh --nodeps" etc etc.
Anyway, this at least makes me feel like I don't have to revert that commit just to be able to test current -git again. Thanks,
Linus
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