[ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-intel 2.5.99.2

[Jin, Gordon]

Giovanni Masucci wrote on Friday, January 16, 2009 11:20 AM:
> 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?

These patches have been in 2.6.29-rc2. 
I don't know if they will enter 2.6.28.x. Eric may have the idea.

Gordon