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On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:40:02PM +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> On 05/19/2011 11:20:05 PM, Sebastian Beßler wrote: |
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> > Am 19.05.2011 22:32, schrieb Helmut Jarausch: |
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> > > Hi, |
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> > > |
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> > > no current ati-driver can get along with the recent 2.6.39 kernel |
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> > > see http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=368081 |
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> > > |
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> > > Does anybody know a work around? |
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> > |
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> > Hi, |
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> > |
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> > there are always the open drivers |
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> > x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati |
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> > and |
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> > x11-drivers/xf86-video-radeonhd |
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> > |
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> > If that is not a choice for you then you have to wait for an |
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> > (in-)offical patch or a version that works with .39 |
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> > |
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> > Do you really need .39 now? Living on the bleeding edge comes with |
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> > problems of its own. |
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> > |
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> No, I don't NEED the 2.6.39, but I'll want to aid in testing and this |
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> version promises far better performance - on the file system as well as |
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> for concurrent processes since the big kernel lock has gone. |
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> The patches which have been posted recently, see |
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> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=368081 |
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> seem to work (I'm just writing on a machine running 2.6.39 with 4 cores |
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> and the patched ati-driver) |
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Thanks for that info, Helmut. Later today I'm going to give 2.6.39 a |
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shot then (I'd masked it because of my ATI card). |
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