Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/x11/xf86-video-intel

[Tobias Nygren <tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:17:21 +0000
Thomas Klausner <wiz%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:

> Module Name:  pkgsrc
> Committed By: wiz
> Date:         Mon Aug 10 06:17:21 UTC 2009
> 
> Modified Files:
>       pkgsrc/x11/xf86-video-intel: Makefile distinfo
> Added Files:
>       pkgsrc/x11/xf86-video-intel/patches: patch-ad
> Removed Files:
>       pkgsrc/x11/xf86-video-intel/patches: patch-aa
> 
> Log Message:
> hasso says that 2.8.0 is almost useless for any user not using Linux,
> because it now only supports DRI2 or KMS.
> 
> Downgrade to 2.7.1nb1.

Are these temporary compatibility issues that upstream will resolve, or
do we need to consider implementing the kernel mode switching stuff on
NetBSD in the future? I at least have a perfectly working 2D display
with the 2.8.0 package, so it wasn't completely useless. ;-)

-Tobias