Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DRM kernel issues

[Mick]

On Wednesday 26 Mar 2014 15:01:07 James wrote:
> wraeth <wraeth <at> privatdemail.net> writes:
> > That being said, I'm pretty sure the warning you're being presented with
> > is just a warning and is safe to ignore, given that you know you need to
> > be running a kernel that does not have DRM built-in.
>
> Ah, look what I verified:
>
> glxinfo
> name of display: :0
> display: :0  screen: 0
> direct rendering: Yes
>
>
> But compiling the driver still fails, despite making DRM[m]
> as suggested:
>
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.13.6B-gentoo'
> make: *** [kmod_build] Error 2
>  * ERROR: x11-drivers/ati-drivers-13.9::gentoo failed (compile phase):
>  *   emake failed
>
> menuconfig -->DD-->graphics-->
>
>  <M> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)  --->
>  <M> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI
>  <M> ATI Radeon
>
> Can you spot what I'm doing wrong?
>
> James

This much works fine here:

#
# Generic Driver Options
#
CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH=""
CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
# CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT is not set
CONFIG_STANDALONE=y
CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y
CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y
CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="radeon/R700_rlc.bin radeon/RV730_smc.bin 
radeon/RV710_uvd.bin"
CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware/"
# CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_DRIVER is not set
# CONFIG_DEBUG_DEVRES is not set
# CONFIG_SYS_HYPERVISOR is not set
# CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES is not set
CONFIG_DMA_SHARED_BUFFER=y
[snip ...]

#
# Graphics support
#
CONFIG_AGP=y
CONFIG_AGP_INTEL=y
# CONFIG_AGP_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_VIA is not set
CONFIG_VGA_ARB=y
CONFIG_VGA_ARB_MAX_GPUS=16
# CONFIG_VGA_SWITCHEROO is not set
CONFIG_DRM=y
CONFIG_DRM_USB=m
CONFIG_DRM_KMS_HELPER=y
# CONFIG_DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE is not set
CONFIG_DRM_TTM=y

#
# I2C encoder or helper chips
#
# CONFIG_DRM_I2C_CH7006 is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_I2C_SIL164 is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_I2C_NXP_TDA998X is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set
CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=y
# CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_UMS is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_I915 is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_VIA is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_SAVAGE is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_VMWGFX is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_GMA500 is not set
CONFIG_DRM_UDL=m
# CONFIG_DRM_AST is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_MGAG200 is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_CIRRUS_QEMU is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_QXL is not set
# CONFIG_VGASTATE is not set
CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL=m
CONFIG_HDMI=y
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID=y
CONFIG_FB_DDC=y
# CONFIG_FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT is not set
CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=y
# CONFIG_DRM_QXL is not set
# CONFIG_VGASTATE is not set
CONFIG_VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL=m
CONFIG_HDMI=y
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID=y
CONFIG_FB_DDC=y
# CONFIG_FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT is not set
CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=y
CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA=y
CONFIG_FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT=y
# CONFIG_FB_CFB_REV_PIXELS_IN_BYTE is not set
CONFIG_FB_SYS_FILLRECT=m
CONFIG_FB_SYS_COPYAREA=m
CONFIG_FB_SYS_IMAGEBLIT=m
# CONFIG_FB_FOREIGN_ENDIAN is not set
# CONFIG_FB_SYS_FOPS is not set
CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO=y
# CONFIG_FB_SVGALIB is not set
# CONFIG_FB_MACMODES is not set
CONFIG_FB_BACKLIGHT=y
CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS=y
# CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING is not set

-- 
Regards,
Mick