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From: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-alpha@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alpha] Re: radeon questions
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:39:25
Message-Id: CADnq5_NC6Sf8wSfNsBpObMNd_Y=-uunYNfYyUmfZpSwiLZ5Pug@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alpha] Re: radeon questions by Don Wilburn
1 On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Don Wilburn <bodhisattva@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >>which kernel version are you using?
3 >
4 > It is 3.17.4 from the gentoo-sources. It was 3.14.14, which is still the
5 > newest marked "stable" for alpha.
6 >
7 >>I don't expect the 2D driver will work without the kernel module.
8 > Focus on the kernel module first.
9 >
10 > I thought the xorg radeon driver would be independent of the kernel module.
11 > I will go back and make a new kernel today. Thanks.
12 >
13
14 The radeon ddx relies on the KMS kernel driver. The old UMS code in
15 the ddx was dropped a while ago.
16
17 Alex