Re: i810 for 855gme with xfree 4.0.3

[Mark Vojkovich <mvojkovi@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Feldmeier Bernd wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Maybe someone can help me ...
>
> I need the i810 driver for the 855gme hardware to work
> with exactly xfree 4.0.3.

   That might not be possible.

>
> I tried to replace the i810 directory with the one from
> xfree 4.4. But there are always compile errors.
>
> Maybe someone can give a hint how to replace the
> old driver with a newer??

   In general, that's not supported.  One would have to write
a new driver with backwards compatibility explicitly in mind
(avoid using features that weren't present in 4.0.3, etc...).
Sometimes you get lucky and are able to build a slightly newer
driver with an older server, but you've got a gap of years
between your server and the driver you want to use...


		Mark.
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