[aur-general] Delete Package kernel26-drm

Alexander Lam lambchop468 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 4 21:55:06 EST 2009


For some reason, if the in kernel DRM was selected at compile time, *even*
if the out of kernel DRM is compiled and the in kernel-source-tree module is
replaced by the out-of-tree module, it won't work. I will check if the
situation has changed. (this began at 2.6.27)

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Xavier <shiningxc at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Alexander Lam <lambchop468 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Please delete kernel26-drm. I accidentally gave it that name when
> updating
> > kernel26-nodrm
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Alexander Lam
> >
>
> What's the point of this nodrm kernel ?
>
> "This kernel is missing built in DRM on purpose, in order to allow the
> out of kernel DRM modules like aur/mach64drm compile and function
> properly"
>
> I don't understand this. What prevents you to build out of kernel drm
> modules with a normal kernel ?
>



-- 
Alexander Lam
ATCS 2010


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