Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:05:07 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net> Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.org, x11@FreeBSD.org, Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com> Subject: Re: gears vs. glxgears; i915 for Linux binaries? Message-ID: <47505164@srv.sem.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <1151229013.4651.0.camel@vonnegut> (Eric Anholt's message of "Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:50:13 -0700") References: <200606231317.21964@aldan> <1151083719.18920.5.camel@leguin> <95716261@srv.sem.ipt.ru> <1151091773.7299.2.camel@vonnegut> <15386511@srv.sem.ipt.ru> <1151229013.4651.0.camel@vonnegut>
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On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:50:13 -0700 Eric Anholt wrote: > On Sat, 2006-06-24 at 23:18 +0400, Boris Samorodov wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:42:53 -0700 Eric Anholt wrote: > > > On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 22:07 +0400, Boris Samorodov wrote: > > > > On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:28:39 -0700 Eric Anholt wrote: > > > > > > > > > You're getting software rendering with linux_dri. LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose > > > > > is the way to debug DRI issues, but I can shortcut here and yes, the > > > > > absence of i915_dri.so is the problem. We need to get linux_dri updated > > > > > to a set of recent Mesa binaries. I wonder what our current > > > > > > > > There are some efforts. :-) But no "when" so far. > > > > > > > > > linux_base's package of dri modules looks like? > > > > > > > > Linux_base doesn't have any X-related stuff. Nore does current linux > > > > X-port (linux-xorg-libs). We do have only graphics/linux_dri based on > > > > XFree86-4.4.0. > > > > > OK, I checked what FC4 has, and their big xorg RPM is 6.8.2 and contains > > > DRI drivers. However, I don't think we want to use FC4's, not just > > > because of the size of the RPM, but also because the drivers are likely > > > to be too stale. The DRI driver <-> DDX interface breaks backwards > > > compat much more often than the DRI <-> DRM interface (which in theory > > > never breaks). So, we really want some fresh Mesa 6.4.2+ DRI drivers, > > > which we can't get from FC4. > > > > > So, that means someone needs to get a linux box with suitable glibc > > > again and roll their own like I used to, probably. Or maybe steal > > > binaries from some other distro. Suggestions? > > > > The only one candidate I've found so far is Mesa-6.4.2-19.i586.rpm > > from OpenSuSE: > > ftp://ftp.chg.ru/.1/Linux/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source/suse/i586/Mesa-6.4.2-19.i586.rpm > > > > I'll try to test it soon. Anybody willing may beat me at testing. ;-) > I'm busy rerolling linux_dri and linux_dri-devel from Mesa 6.5 and Mesa > CVS compiled on a debian box. We'll see how it turns out. Eric, your ports are much better solution. Thanks! WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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