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On 01/05/15 07:01, cdr.nil@gmail.com wrote:
> George,
>
> You are right - the drm2 directory does not exist in 8.4.  This may be a bit
> of a stopper; could be the new Xorg will not operate on 8. I see drm2 exists
> in 9.3, however. It appears to be related to Kernel Mode Setting.
>
> -mark

Hmm, guess I'll see if I can learn about backporting kernel modules from
9 to 8 -- unless that sounds crazy ...                         -- George


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