From e37bd24d3c99319b372517c2ddb77bfb4829f1df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Anholt Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:00:45 -0800 Subject: Clean up README for the current state of kernel module affairs. Bug #19608. --- README | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 40f7e114..b6008a02 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ DRM README file There are two main parts to this package: the DRM client library/interface -(libdrm.so) and kernel/hardware-specific device modules (such as i915.ko). - +(libdrm.so) and kernel/hardware-specific device modules (such as radeon.ko). +The kernel device modules are not shipped with libdrm releases and should only +be built from the git tree by developers and bleeding-edge testers of +non-Intel hardware. The Intel kernel modules are developed in the Linux +kernel tree. Compiling @@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ Then, make install -To build the device-specific kernel modules: +To build the device-specific kernel modules from the git tree: cd linux-core/ make -- cgit v1.2.3