[ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-intel 2.5.99.2

[Giovanni Masucci]

On venerdì 16 gennaio 2009 04:12:46 Jin, Gordon wrote:
> 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.
If I can ask, are these 6 patches going to enter the next 2.6.28.x  releases 
or they'll just be in 2.6.29?