Building Radeon drivers on 2.6.x kernel rpms.

[Bob Chiodini]

On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 19:01, Gavin Graham wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It seems that the kernel headers for 2.6.x are somehow incorrect.
> I say this as I am trying to build the ATI Radeon drivers and I get the
> following error message:
> 
> [root at localhost fglrx]# cd build_mod/
> [root at localhost build_mod]# ./make.sh
> ATI module generator V 2.0
> ==========================
> initializing...
> Error:
> XFree86 drm includes at
> /lib/modules/2.6.1-1.65smp/build/include/../drivers/char/drm do not fit
> this driver.
> This driver is designed to only work with X4.1.0 or higher.
> You can match this by getting Linux kernel 2.4.8 or higher.
> 
> 
> This has been happening with every release of the Fedora Dev kernel RPMS
> for 2.6.x and it also happens with Arjan's kernel too.
> 
> I know there is some issues with the Radeon drivers that need to be
> overcome for successfull compilation under 2.6.x but this specific
> problem seems to be moreso with the actual kernel packages.
> 
> Can anyone shed some light on this??
> 
Gavin,

I am running the Radeon Drivers with FC1 and the 2.6.2 kernel.  Make
sure you've got the latest release from ATI for XFree 4.3.0.  There is
2.6 support built in.

I've used it with several of the 2.6 kernels without problem.

Bob...