[elrepo-devel] Intel graphics driver 2.21.0 for CentOS 6

[Rudy Eschauzier]

> From: Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [elrepo-devel] Intel graphics driver 2.21.0 for CentOS 6
> To: "EL Repo Developer Mailing List" <elrepo-devel at lists.elrepo.org>
> Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 5:30 PM
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Rudy
> Eschauzier <reschauzier at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Alright, sounds like you are getting there already.
> >
> > Please note that the 2.20.19 version of the driver
> still has trouble using the 'tearfree' option. Full screen
> (Flash) video stutters severely. This is resolved in
> 2.21.0.
> >
> > Also, the 2.21.0 version of the Intel driver adds a
> dependency on a recent version of the xorg-server that is
> not met by the 1.10.6-1 version shipped with CentOS 6.3.
> This is because the number of arguments to the
> miSourceValidate() function has been reduced.
> >
> > Attached spec file backports the driver to 1.10.6-1 by
> including two sed lines that add the missing arguments.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rudy.
> 
> Thank you. We will try updating the driver to 2.21.x.
> 
> Akemi

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