Re: [gentoo-user] 3d rendering with dri radeon

[Bo Andresen]

While the two kernels are the same version from portage they have of course 
different EXTRAVERSION. For the kernel I compiled for dri I simply added 
'-dri' to EXTRAVERSION. So when running uname -r it yielded 2.6.15-r1-dri. 
The previous kernel which I am running now lacks the '-dri'.

On Tuesday 28 February 2006 23:16, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Bo Andresen wrote:
> > On Tuesday 28 February 2006 21:31, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> > > Are you certain that the radeon module being used is the one
> > > from that old kernel and not the one from x11-drm?
> >
> > I am very certain... but then again, I've been so before in this
> > thread and yet been terribly wrong. Do you think there is any way
> > to check it?
>
> Yes.  Unmerge x11-drm, reboot, and see if it still works.  :)

Unmerging x11-drm does not remove the kernel due to CONFIG_PROTECT.

--- cfgpro obj /lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1-dri/x11-drm/radeon.ko
--- cfgpro obj /lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1-dri/x11-drm/r128.ko
--- cfgpro obj /lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1-dri/x11-drm/mach64.ko
--- cfgpro obj /lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1-dri/x11-drm/drm.ko
--- cfgpro dir /lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1-dri/x11-drm

I do, however, believe that this output proves that I am not running the 
x11-drm modules since it does contain '-dri'.

> > Kernel version has not changed - 2.6.15-r1.
>
> Yeah, then it's the x11-drm radeon module you're using, not the one
> from the kernel.  If it had been a diffent version (2.6.14, say),
> the module would have been in a different subdir in /lib/modules and
> wouldn't get used.

I'm not really sure what you by this. Why does that mean that I'm using the 
x11-drm modules?

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Bo Andresen
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