linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] drm request 3

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Message-ID: <94a0d4531003051234u48f66c9eo1a26746892eb102a@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 5 Mar 2010 22:34:35 +0200
From:	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Ben Skeggs <skeggsb@...il.com>, Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>, dri-devel@...ts.sf.net
Subject: Re: [git pull] drm request 3

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:41 AM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, Ben Skeggs wrote:
>> The F13 packages *will* work, so long as you're not bisecting back and
>> forth.
>
> How do I install just the F13 libdrm thing, without changing everything
> else? I'm willing to try. We can make it part of the 2.6.34 release notes.
>
> And if we end up having people bisecting back and forth, I will hate that
> f*cking nouveau driver even more.

I believe Dave has already explained this to you, but nobody has
mentioned it here.

What you are supposed to do is install the new nouveau driver, which
requires a new libdrm. So, just compile both libdrm, and nouveau, to a
sandbox, say /opt/new-nouveau, and then in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Section "Files"
        ModulePath "/opt/new-nouveau/lib/xorg/modules"
        ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

That should do it. No frankensteinian F13 packaging stuff, and no mess
with the system's /usr/lib/.

Cheers.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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