Minor DRI flag day (Re: CVS Update: xc (branch: trunk))

[Adam Jackson]

On Wednesday 18 May 2005 16:37, Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 May 2005 15:44, Adam Jackson wrote:
> > CVSROOT: /cvs/xorg
> > Module name: xc
> > Changes by: ajax at gabe.freedesktop.org 05/05/18 12:44:35
> >
> > Log message:
> >   Bug #3066: Promote frameBufferPhysicalAddress to pointer from CARD32;
> >   bump DRIINFO version to match.  Fix various pointer printfs in libdri
> >   to be 64-bit aware.  Silence a warning about redefining
> >   noXFree86DRIExtension. (Jesse Barnes)
>
> With this change, DRIQueryVersion will return 5.0.0, and the DDX drivers
> will start expecting it.  This will break DRI unless you upgrade both your
> DDX driver and your libdri in sync.  If you install everything from CVS, or
> from an Xorg 6.8.99.x snapshot, then you should have nothing to worry
> about.
>
> If you are using the prebuilt DRI snapshots, be sure to install both the
> common and driver-specific pieces, otherwise DRI will _not_ work!

And as Dave pointed out to me in private mail, this will also break fglrx, 
since they use the system libdri.

- ajax
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