[ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-intel 2.5.99.2

[Jin, Gordon]

Sami Farin wrote on Friday, January 16, 2009 2:29 AM:
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 17:24:10 +0800, Jin, Gordon wrote:
>> Tino Keitel wrote on Friday, January 09, 2009 3:45 AM:
>>> On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 16:04:55 +0800, Zhenyu Wang wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Subject: [ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-intel 2.5.99.2
>>> 
>>> I'd like to know how/what can/should be tested before the release.
>>> What versions of kernel/xserver/mesa/drm/whatever are required?  And
>>> for what features (XvMC, UXA, DRI, DRI2, GEM, KMS, etc.), and what
>>> chips can use which features?
>> 
>> Tino,
>> 
>> Thanks for the question, and sorry for my late reply.
>> 
>> In general, the release component info is maintained at
>> http://intellinuxgraphics.org/download.html. 
>> So at that page you can find a recommended package (what we call
>> 2008Q4 release, and it's -rc3 for now), with: 
>> xf86-video-intel: 2.6-branch. It's tagged as 2.5.99.2 for now.
>> mesa: intel-2008-q4 branch. It's forked from master at some point
>> (early Dec. 2008) and cherry-picked patches from master on demand,
>> so a little more conservative than master. Of course master tip is
>> supposed to work too, but not validated by Intel. libdrm: master
>> branch. (note >2.4.2 is required for xf86-video-intel 2.6, and tip
>> is recommended)    
>> kernel: Eric's drm-intel tree. For 2008Q4, we base on 2.6.28 kernel.
>> So we are recommending drm-intel-2.6.28 branch, which adds 5 patches
>> on top of 2.6.28.  
> 
> Can you put all the individual patches for 2.6.28
> available at http://intellinuxgraphics.org/2008Q4.html ?

Good suggestion. I'm putting the combination of the 6 patches with a link to "6 patches" on that page.

Thanks
Gordon