Regression introduced in drm/i915 kernel modules for 965GM system

Jesse Barnes jbarnes at virtuousgeek.org
Tue Feb 5 18:45:08 PST 2008


On Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:35 am Richard Goedeken wrote:
> Does anyone have a link to something that clearly explains how the whole
> display system works, and the roles for and relationships between the
> various components?  In particular, it would be nice to have a better
> understanding of how all of these things work together:
>
>   - drm.ko, i915.ko
>   - libdrm.so
>   - XOrg server
>   - libdri.so
>   - 2D driver (intel_drv.so)
>   - 3D driver (i965_dri.so)
>   - Mesa (libGL.so)
>
> I found some good information on the DRI wiki, but it mostly explains the
> lower level stuff (kernel modules).  There's no explanation of the
> interactions between the 2D and 3D drivers, and Mesa.

Hm, we've been meaning to put together a nice diagram that shows the various 
interactions.  I took a stab at it for my LCA kernel miniconf talk, maybe it 
will help?  Feel free to translate it into whatever is necessary for the 
website, having something decent there could help a lot...

Jesse
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