[Openchrome-users] Kernel drm drivers state?

[Tim Dodge]

Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Robin Gilks wrote:
>> Just upgraded my Gentoo system on an SP13000 from 2.6.16 to
>> 2.6.18 and I expected that the kernel drm modules would be
>> reasonably up-to-date. Fine chance, they are at version 1.0
> 
> Keep building drm from git.  See 
> http://wiki.openchrome.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Compiling+the+source+code
> Every time you upgrade the kernel, rebuild and reinstall the drm/via 
> kernel modules.
> 
>> At some point, when I first put the 2.6.16 kernel together, I
>> ended up with version 1.2 but can't remember how!!
> 
> Wrong memory, drm is still only at 1.1.0.
> It's libdrm that's at 2.3.0 now.
> 
> Benno
> 

There are git ebuilds for x11-drm and libdrm in the dberkholz overlay, 
layman is your friend :-)

Tim