Re: whose savage driver is it anyway ?
Alan Cox <[email protected]>
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> > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand > this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C31578.2F79DC00 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > I'll do that now for those brave enough to replace their XFree86 server > > > binary too. > > > > Thanks to Alan and Alex for their replies. > > > > Where might I find the new binaries? > > > > danke sehr! > > > > John E. A. > > "for those brave enough to replace their XFree86 server binary" <- in the > new XFree86 server binary. One of the issues I was hoping this forum might, > but seemingly failed to, solve. I mean, wtf? A whole new install for an > updated driver? Why oh why? > > This has to end. :( > > In response to the problems with ATI, you (the XFree86 developers) say that > 'drivers can be developed outside the core', citing NVidia as an example. > > Why on earth do you not promote your own drivers to their own separate > project such that they can be maintained and updated independent of XFree86. > It stands to reason that the server and the drivers are *separate* entities. > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C31578.2F79DC00 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> > <HTML> > <HEAD> > <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = > charset=3Diso-8859-1"> > <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = > 5.5.2653.12"> > <TITLE>RE: [forum] whose savage driver is it anyway ?</TITLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY> > > <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > I'll do that now for those brave enough to = > replace their XFree86 server</FONT> > <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > binary too.</FONT> > <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> > <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Thanks to Alan and Alex for their = > replies.</FONT> > <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> > <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Where might I find the new binaries?</FONT> > <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> > <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> danke sehr!</FONT> > <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> > <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> John E. A.</FONT> > </P> > > <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>"for those brave enough to replace their XFree86 = > server binary" <- in the new XFree86 server binary. One = > of the issues I was hoping this forum might, but seemingly failed to, = > solve. I mean, wtf? A whole new install for an updated = > driver? Why oh why?</FONT></P> > > <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>This has to end. :(</FONT> > </P> > > <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>In response to the problems with ATI, you (the = > XFree86 developers) say that 'drivers can be developed outside the = > core', citing NVidia as an example.</FONT></P> > > <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Why on earth do you not promote your own drivers to = > their own separate project such that they can be maintained and updated = > independent of XFree86. It stands to reason that the server and = > the drivers are *separate* entities.</FONT></P> > > </BODY> > </HTML> > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C31578.2F79DC00-- > _______________________________________________ > Forum mailing list > [email protected] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/forum >