On 2002.02.20 02:07 Keith Whitwell wrote:
> Jos� Fonseca wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Trunk:
> >
> > For the drivers at the trunk I'll assume that the user will have XFree
> > 4.2.0 so it will only be necessary to pack:
> > - the DDX driver (/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/*_drv.o)
> > - the Mesa driver (/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/*_dri.so)
> > and also:
> > - the libGL (/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so)
> >
> > Is this sufficient?
> 
> I belive so.  In some respects it is a function of how divergent the
> XFree on
> peoples machines is from what's in DRI CVS.  DRI's basically fucked up
> backwards compatibility on every front until quite recently - we now have
> backwards compatibility for kernel modules.  But there are other
> interfaces
> the 3d driver deals with, specifically the DRI extension protocol to the
> X
> server.  Thankfully this hasn't changed in a long time, and if it ever
> does,
> we know now to do it in a backwards-compatible way.
> 
> My guess is this is going to be sufficient then for most if not all
> cases.
> 
> Have you looked at Alan H's tools for sanity-checking DRI installs?  I've
> always thought that these might be useful when trying to write an
> installer
> for DRI binary distributions.
> 
> Keith
> 

Daryll mentioned them and said he would try to contact Alan. I don't have 
those scripts.

Regards,

Jos� Fonseca

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