From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QNOqD-0000Jy-LZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 20 May 2011 12:30:05 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 737211C085; Fri, 20 May 2011 12:28:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw0-f53.google.com (mail-gw0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D4A21C085 for ; Fri, 20 May 2011 12:28:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwj20 with SMTP id 20so1664976gwj.40 for ; Fri, 20 May 2011 05:28:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=rDXZoXP4fVmMsOWSxDpgCLtEQrBlTLM/m13XYiVK0O4=; b=K/JoJVRC9dFrHZssMwfA4BXDvM3MUbAC5YXtmzpaaFHSht/GVMXesxz0Y+58BKDAEv D9wuPV3OFXTbrfEXxu/IcgkLA6Yxhg8ivqDvQ5lvorKupcU644eMNMgFDnJ47yivv/k0 AH2nhjk9PSkFtklFuYMpf2B5ZkrbfMl+VddOo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to:user-agent; b=i+ihNbge+T3A8g6zOJz5nw7COGoC5ASgcO6YoMZAEEoWL5uwhjE5PEZI5MuZ9RgMsH ASzMxEaieUXwzNTLBgRQANaIbueEDiTOrYBxWSdoQxvVeB8R+023QzBWbfuOLUO9EVOp 1lvoMtyBF0Th8iI8oHUe8fSA9lrNNa9y9xRF0= Received: by 10.236.201.226 with SMTP id b62mr4264556yho.406.1305894505659; Fri, 20 May 2011 05:28:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gaurahari.merseine.nu (adsl-72-152-78-99.asm.bellsouth.net [72.152.78.99]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v8sm1575677yhi.82.2011.05.20.05.28.24 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 20 May 2011 05:28:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 08:28:16 -0400 From: Indi To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is there an ati-drivers version which can coexist with the 2.6.39 kernel Message-ID: <20110520122816.GA24601@gaurahari.merseine.nu> References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 78fd3f6eca3d10a99aee3b3750c2e524 On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:40:02PM +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 05/19/2011 11:20:05 PM, Sebastian Be=C3=9Fler wrote: > > Am 19.05.2011 22:32, schrieb Helmut Jarausch: > > > Hi, > > >=20 > > > no current ati-driver can get along with the recent 2.6.39 kernel > > > see http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D368081 > > >=20 > > > Does anybody know a work around? > >=20 > > Hi, > >=20 > > there are always the open drivers > > x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati > > and > > x11-drivers/xf86-video-radeonhd > >=20 > > If that is not a choice for you then you have to wait for an > > (in-)offical patch or a version that works with .39 > >=20 > > Do you really need .39 now? Living on the bleeding edge comes with > > problems of its own. > >=20 >=20 > No, I don't NEED the 2.6.39, but I'll want to aid in testing and this=20 > version promises far better performance - on the file system as well as= =20 > for concurrent processes since the big kernel lock has gone. >=20 > The patches which have been posted recently, see > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D368081 >=20 > seem to work (I'm just writing on a machine running 2.6.39 with 4 cores= =20 > and the patched ati-driver) >=20 Thanks for that info, Helmut. Later today I'm going to give 2.6.39 a shot then (I'd masked it because of my ATI card). --=20 caveat utilitor=20 =E2=99=AB =E2=9D=A4 =E2=99=AB =E2=9D=A4 =E2=99=AB =E2=9D=A4 =E2=99=AB=20