[Mageia-dev] xserver 1.11

Tue Nov 29 16:58:18 CET 2011

On 29 November 2011 15:18, Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org> wrote:
+> Colin Guthrie skrev 29.11.2011 16:04:
+>
+>> 'Twas brillig, and Thomas Backlund at 29/11/11 13:21 did gyre and gimble:
+>>>
+>>> Colin Guthrie skrev 29.11.2011 13:53:
+>>>>
+>>>>
+>>>> OK, spoke with Bastien and he pointed me at the fixes (on the Xserver
+>>>> side).
+>>>>
+>>>> Will push them through shortly (tho' to the xserver 1.11 in
+>>>> core/updates_testing only)
+>>>>
+>>>
+>>> I think we should push xserver 1.11 into /release _now_ so it gets
+>>> proper testing time from all users before Alpha 2 is released.
+>>
+>>
+>> I'm happy with that but as I don't keep up to date with the binary
+>> driver stuff I don't know the impact.
+>>
+>> Anssi, can you give your €0.02?
+>>
+>
+> fglrx is ok as of fglrx-8.911-1.mga2.nonfree
+>
+> nvidia-current should be ok afaik.
+>
+> nvidia173 and nvidia96xx need to be checked,
+> as Anssi noted on Nov. 6th that they didn't support it yet then,
+> and iirc there has been no new driver release since.
+>
+
+Does anyone have, or know of some data on the number of people that
+still use pre Nvidia 6 series cards? And what the performance between
+the Nvidia and nouveau drivers for those cards is?
+Because, if not many people use them - and nouveau works well it isn't
+really an issue, but if not, then surely we run the risk of the
+drivers not being compatible in time for Mga 2, despite that being a
+long way off. If memory serves, it took a very long time for the 96xx
+driver to being made compatible a while back. But then again, its
+Cauldron, so we should test and push forward......
+> But at some point we really need to move on, as we cant wait forever.
+>
+> --
+> Thomas
+