[Openchrome-devel] 答复: Standardizing DRM / KMS development platform for drm-openchrome

[HuangRan]

As Kevin mentioned, I am now using Ubuntu 12.04 32 bits LTS for my KMS/UMS openchrome env. It works fine.
And for KMS, current kernel is 3.19 in drm-openchrome. Actually it is fine to use any Linux distribution OS(Fedora, Ubuntu) for KMS development. Before I have used Fedora 17/19 for RADEON KMS driver development. So that is not an issue except your OS is too old, such as Ubuntu 10.04 or so.
And I suggest to create a branch in current drm-openchrome(https://cgit.freedesktop.org/openchrome/drm-openchrome/), maybe we can call the branch "drm-next". And then we can begin the work to make VIA's DRM module supported in latest kernel as Mario mentioned, at the same time, bug fix patches can be committed to current master.  When VIA's DRM module can be supported in latest kernel, we can merge it to master. Then VIA's code can be merged into mainstream linux kernel as soon as possible.
Let me know what's your thought with my suggestion.

Thanks,
Frank




> -----邮件原件-----
> 发件人: openchrome-devel-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org
> [mailto:openchrome-devel-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] 代表 Benno
> Schulenberg
> 发送时间: 2016年4月8日 15:23
> 收件人: Kevin Brace
> 抄送: Openchrome-devel at lists.freedesktop.org; Mario Rugiero
> 主题: Re: [Openchrome-devel] Standardizing DRM / KMS development platform
> for drm-openchrome
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016, at 06:40, Kevin Brace wrote:
> > My proposal was to agree on one or two possible target development
> > platform or at least the Linux kernel version used for the development
> > of VIA IGP DRM module that will support KMS.
> 
> Normally one specifies minimum versions of certain components, not specific
> versions.  So: kernel 3.18 or later, xserver 1.12 / 1.14 / whatever (I'm not at
> home there) or later.  Other components are probably uncritical.
> 
> But you are doing the coding, so if you don't want to bother with kernels before
> 4.2 or xservers before, say, 1.15, then just state so in the README or INSTALL
> file, and it is law.  :)
> 
> Benno
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