xf86-video-intel: configure.ac

[Jesse Barnes]

On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:50:24 -0400
Gaetan Nadon <memsize at videotron.ca> wrote:

> On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 15:41 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> 
> > > +PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XI, [xi >= 1.3])
> > > +PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GL, [gl >= 7.7.0])
> > >  
> > >  sdkdir=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=sdkdir xorg-server`
> > >  
> > 
> > May I ask why?  None of these seem necessary…
> > 
> 
> 
> Jesse,
> 
> Will the --disable-dri option still work now that the module cannot be
> configured without the gl package?
> 
> Will xi version 1.3 version be "too recent" when built against a 1.6
> server?
> The 1.6 server does not depend on libXi.
> 
> It's great to have accurate dependencies checking. Just by looking at
> the configuration of this driver,
> it has an explicit requirement to support server 1.6 and later, and to
> work without dri.

I didn't test with the --disable-dri option, we could put the pkg
requirement under a DRI check if needed.

I also haven't tried building against a 1.6 server for a long time, if
we need changes to support that I can make them as well.

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center