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Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:11:54 +0200
From: "Arttu V." <arttuv69@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers-8.501 does not compile with kernel gentoo-sources 2.6.26-r3
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On 11/24/08, Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> wrote:
> On Montag 24 November 2008, Christian wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I wanted to update my kernel to 2.6.26-r3 today. But the ati-drivers
>> version 8.501 won't compile.
>
> is there a good reason to use acient drivers?

They're the latest stable on x86 -- and amd64 stable ones are even older.

And stabilization issues are being fought over in, e.g., this bug:

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230772

-- 
Arttu V.