Prerequisites for r300 with 3D?

Dexter Filmore Dexter.Filmore at gmx.de
Thu Dec 22 15:33:07 PST 2005


On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:43:11 +1100
Dave Airlie <airlied at gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> > Kernel 2.6.14+ with Radeon DRI enabled?
> > Just compile R6.9 or do I need to # define BuildDevelDRIDrivers YES in 6.9
> > final?
> >
> >
> 
> 6.9 should work "out of the box" on 2.6.14 as far as I'm aware...
> 
> As r300 is still very experimental, once you have an X DDX that

a what?

> supports it, I'd recommend using the Mesa and DRM CVS trees to provide
> the kernel DRM and 3D client libraries as the work is moving along
> quite swiftly.. it is rare for any changes to be needed in the DDX.

I spent no less than twelve hours today compiling X, Mesa, DRM by reading
moronic install and build instructions. If there are *good* ones somewhere,
let me know.

Dex



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