Patch the modesetting video driver for 32 bit machine and software

mouse pointer

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@15589 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

general.ent

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "28">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "01">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
-<!ENTITY month        "02">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY month        "03">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2015">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "February 28th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "March 1st, &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-version  "development">          <!-- x.y|development] -->

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@
 
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>March 1st, 2015</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[pierre] - Apply a patch to the modesetting driver
+          code in Xorg-server, to allow running on 32 bit machine, and
+          on cards which do not support hardware cursor.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>February 28th, 2015</para>
       <itemizedlist>

x/installing/xorg-server.xml

@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@
           <ulink url="&patch-root;/xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;-add_prime_support-1.patch"/>
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Optional patch:
+          <ulink url="&patch-root;/xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;-fix_modesetting-1.patch"/>
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Server Dependencies</bridgehead>
@@ -120,23 +126,21 @@
     <title>Installation of Xorg Server</title>
 
     <para>
-      If you have downloaded the optional patch, apply it by running
+      If you have downloaded the first optional patch, apply it by running
       the following command:
     </para>
 
 <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;-add_prime_support-1.patch</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
-      The <application>modesetting</application> driver is now included in
+      The <application>modesetting</application> video driver is now included
-      the tarball (since version 1.17). It needs to be fixed for 32-bit
+      in the tarball (since version 1.17). It needs to be fixed for 32-bit
-      machines (first command below), and for cards which do not support
+      machines and for cards which do not support  an hardware mouse pointer.
-      the mouse pointer in hardware (second command below):
+      If you plan to use the modesetting video driver, run the
+      following command:
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>sed -e '/\*\//a #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64' \
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../xorg-server-&xorg-server-version;-fix_modesetting-1.patch</userinput></screen>
-    -i hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/dumb_bo.c
-sed -e 's/ == -EINVAL//' \
-    -i hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.c</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
       Install the server by running the following commands:
@@ -180,8 +184,8 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
     </para>
 
     <para>
-      <parameter>--enable-install-setuid</parameter>: The Xorg binary must run as
+      <parameter>--enable-install-setuid</parameter>: The Xorg binary must run
-      the root user. This switch ensures that the binary is installed
+      as the root user. This switch ensures that the binary is installed
       setuid when <command>make</command> is run by an unprivileged user.
     </para>