Bug 155866

Summary:	Please make testing ebuild of x11-drm
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Marc Doughty <mdoughty>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	X11 External Driver Maintainers <x11-drivers>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	chrschmitt, coldwind, mdoughty
Priority:	Lowest
Version:	2006.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://dri.freedesktop.org/libdrm/
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Marc Doughty 2006-11-21 09:43:34 UTC

Can someone add a newer testing ebuild for the x11-drm package, which provides accelerated 3D to a lot of us? The current ebuild is based on version 2.0 of 'libdrm', there have been new drivers added (notably for the Intel GMA3000 and Radeon r300) since then. The newest version at the time of this message is 2.3.

This is an important package for those of us without newer ATI or NV cards, or for anyone running 3D on an integrated chipset..

Comment 1 Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-12-04 16:28:52 UTC

If you have an older ATI/nVidia card, why can't you use the DRM code that's in the kernel instead of this package?

Comment 2 Marc Doughty 2006-12-04 19:28:15 UTC

The kernel's built-in modules are ancient as well. I'm using them now, but for instance, the i915 driver in 2.6.19 date back to January of 2006.

I can give a few reasons why I like the external package rather than the vanilla-kernel's:

1. The drivers included with the kernel are older and require much more red tape and time to patch or update.
2. Other video cards (ATI, NV) have their modules in outside packages. There's value to consistency.
3. Using the external sources gives the user the ability to test newer packages or install older ones depending on their needs, which I think is in line with the overall Gentoo philosophy.

Comment 3 Marc Doughty 2006-12-14 09:50:40 UTC

Someone made an ebuild to fix bug 156784 (see that bug afor attachment), can someone add it to portage as 'testing'?

Comment 4 Bryan Stine (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-14 18:23:30 UTC

I've checked a 20070314 git snapshot into portage. It no longer includes kernel 2.4 support, but now installs nouveau alongside nv.

Try 'er out and let me know if you have issues. Thanks.