[Xorg] Redraw problems on Matrox Mystique 220 ... [SOLVED]

[Alex Deucher]

--- Christian Hoenig <me at christianhoenig.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > A quick thought... check the date and make sure the code wasn't
> > contributed under the new XFree86 license, gotta watch out for that
> as
> > this bug seems to have been introduced during the 4.4rc days...
> 
> Oh, you're right, I didn't think about that at all. 
> 
> Though, out of curiosity, how can this case be handled? As the bugfix
> is a 
> real minor one (simply excluding the cards that do not have that
> problem with 
> the chip) there are not too many sollutions to fix it. 
> And as this fix obiously is the one that comes first to ones mind,
> what would 
> be the right way here? Completely rewriting mga_*? ;-)
> 
> How is this handled in x.org in general? Contributers are not allowed
> to look 
> at xfree code (like with most of the kernel stuff) ?

I don't hink the new license applied to device drivers, at least not
mga.  too many people have been involved in it.  also, what cause the
problem was a "bugfix" and reveting it wouldn't be adding new code,
especially if it already exisited in xorg.

Alex

> 
> take care, have fun
> /christian
> 




	
		
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