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Re: X.org fork, XLibre

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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On 8 Jun 2025 17:21:00 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> I read that as: the code for the drivers doesn't usually need to be
>> changed, but they need to be recompiled, so existing X.Org driver
>> packages won't work. Same as with Linux kernel drivers.
> 
> It is not the kernel that calls into the X server, it is the X server that 
> calls into the kernel. So I wouldn't expect any kernel changes to be 
> necessary.

I mean the situation is the same as with Linux kernel drivers, not
that Linux kernel drivers also need to be changed. The X server is
modular like the kernel, so like a new kernel needs new module
builds to be sure of avoiding errors, so apparantly does this X
server. But I just mentioned kernel drivers as an example.

>> I suspect distro package maintainers won't consider it worth that
>> much effort given how many separate X packages they usually have.
> 
> There aren't that many different driver add-on packages, are there?

On Devuan:
$ aptitude search xserver-xorg-input xserver-xorg-video | wc -l
42

But other distros might have fewer.

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