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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is there an ati-drivers version which can coexist with the 2.6.39 kernel
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 10:29:24
Message-Id: 1305887273.30079.1@numa-i
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Is there an ati-drivers version which can coexist with the 2.6.39 kernel by "Sebastian Beßler"
1 On 05/19/2011 11:20:05 PM, Sebastian Beßler wrote:
2 > Am 19.05.2011 22:32, schrieb Helmut Jarausch:
3 > > Hi,
4 > >
5 > > no current ati-driver can get along with the recent 2.6.39 kernel
6 > > see http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=368081
7 > >
8 > > Does anybody know a work around?
9 >
10 > Hi,
11 >
12 > there are always the open drivers
13 > x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati
14 > and
15 > x11-drivers/xf86-video-radeonhd
16 >
17 > If that is not a choice for you then you have to wait for an
18 > (in-)offical patch or a version that works with .39
19 >
20 > Do you really need .39 now? Living on the bleeding edge comes with
21 > problems of its own.
22 >
23
24 No, I don't NEED the 2.6.39, but I'll want to aid in testing and this
25 version promises far better performance - on the file system as well as
26 for concurrent processes since the big kernel lock has gone.
27
28 The patches which have been posted recently, see
29 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=368081
30
31 seem to work (I'm just writing on a machine running 2.6.39 with 4 cores
32 and the patched ati-driver)
33
34 Helmut.