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OpenGL + Alpha XFS question (was Re: Daily XFS CVS RPMS)

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Subject: OpenGL + Alpha XFS question (was Re: Daily XFS CVS RPMS)
From: Robin Humble <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 13:09:52 +1000 (EST)
In-reply-to: <3BD235D0.F8014762@xxxxxxxxxx> from "D. Stimits" at Oct 20, 2001 08:41:20 PM
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D. Stimits wrote:
>Bryan-TheBS-Smith wrote:
>> Why not go nVidia then???  You can use both the kernel AGPgart as
>> well as try the built-in one in the driver itself.  I've run with it
>> both ways on Intel, ViA, AMD _and_ SiS chips for both Intel and AMD
>> processors.
>"trusted/tested" versions. It is a dangerous one-way path to 4.1.x...if
>it goes badly, downgrading to 4.0.3 isn't much of an option, I would

it's not so hard. before upgrading 'rpm -qa | grep XF > oldX' ; init 3
and save your XF86Confg-4. then try to update X rpms and keep track of
the other rpms you have to update too... then if it doesn't work you can
just rpm -e all the new crap and put back the orig rpms (or try
rpm --downgrade). A bit a pain but no lossage...

>option. According to reports, the Linus kernels (which are what SGI XFS
>kernels merge with) do not allow me to use both 4.1.x and 4.0.x, only
>the -ac versions do. From my point of view, this makes Linus kernels
>inferior.

Just to clarify the -ac kernels support an either/or model. So if you
want both 4.1.x and 4.0.x to work at the same time you're out of luck -
you'll at least have to play with module names (if you compiled twice
and renamed agp modules appropriately), or reboot to a kernel with the
other flavour of AGP support.

I have no idea what the NVidia agp support is like - perhaps that
doesn't care what kernel agpgart version you have...


Just to drag this topic back to XFS - a friend is installing on Alphas
and gets a kernel panic when xfs_check or xfs_repair is run... is this a
known problem? He's using the XFS for Alpha RH7.1 installer I presume
that's the Release 1.0.1 Alpha-XFS-Installer-PR1.iso ... Would a cvs kernel
and xfsprogs help any?

cheers,
robin


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