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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Re: i915 modesetting doesn't load with i915.modeset=1
From:       Chris Wilson <chris () chris-wilson ! co ! uk>
Date:       2012-12-08 8:49:59
Message-ID: f5ae8a$7oo6rj () fmsmga002 ! fm ! intel ! com
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On Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:21:11 -0500, sean darcy <seandarcy2@gmail.com> wrote:
> Forgive the stupid question, but do you need the modesetting module to 
> access KMS if you're using i915?

No, xf86-video-modesetting is the fallback in case no accelerated driver
is present. You should be using xf86-video-intel (xorg-x11-drv-intel)
which supports everything i915.ko attaches to.
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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