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authorMartin-Éric Racine <q-funk@iki.fi>2009-08-04 21:00:14 +0300
committerMartin-Éric Racine <q-funk@iki.fi>2009-08-04 21:00:14 +0300
commitf93d53310d67146621ee467c80cfb2c362d3709d (patch)
tree8345bb4e75fc11bdc450c17c04aa462e9eaaa5b9
parent8eb6246c3529979c62808b10a2852541581240ac (diff)
Somewhat harmonized the README between xf86-video-cyrix, xf86-video-nsc and xf86-video-geode.
TODO: * Rename http://wiki.x.org/wiki/AMDGeodeDriver to http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GeodeDriver and install a redirect from the old page.
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-xf86-video-nsc - National Semiconductor Geode video driver for the Xorg X server
+NSC Geode GX1 and GX2 graphics driver for X.Org
+===============================================
+README last updated: 2009-08-04
-Please submit bugs & patches to the Xorg bugzilla:
+GIT repository:
+ git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-nsc
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
+Gitweb browser:
+ http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-nsc
-All questions regarding this software should be directed at the
-Xorg mailing list:
+Project homepage:
+ http://wiki.x.org/wiki/AMDGeodeDriver
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
+Please note that this driver is seriously deprecated and X.org developers
+cannot guarantee that it will be supported in upcoming X.org releases.
-The master development code repository can be found at:
+Support for Cyrix and NSC Geodes shall be merged into xf86-video-geode,
+after which xf86-video-cyrix and xf86-video-nsc will be retired. Please
+contact the X.org Geode mailing list (see subscribtion instructions on
+the project's homepage) if you can contribute towards reaching this goal.
- git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-nsc
+= FAQ =
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-nsc
+Q: How do I produce useful information whenever submiting a bug report?
+
+A: See http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/ServerDebugging
+ and follow the instructions.
+
+Q: How do I test development snapshots from the upstream GIT repository?
+
+A: Run the following commands from a command line interpreter shell...
+ 1. git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-nsc
+ 2. Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install autoconf automake libtool xutils-dev
+ apt-get install build-dep xserver-xorg-video-nsc
+ Fedora/Red Hat: yum install autoconf automake libtool xorg-x11-util-macros
+ yum-builddep xorg-x11-drv-nsc
+ 3. cd xf86-video-nsc
+ 4. ./autogen.sh
+ 5. make distcheck
+ ...then install the driver manually.
+
+Q: What is the preferred method for submitting patches to this driver?
-For more information on the git code manager, see:
+A: See http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+ and submit the patches as attachments to the Geode X.org mailing list
+ or to the X.org Bugzilla against component "Driver/nsc".
- http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage
+= EOF =