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More information on the X11R7.0/X11R6.9 releaseMore information on the X11R7.0/X11R6.9 releasePosted Dec 24, 2005 14:26 UTC (Sat) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501)In reply to: More information on the X11R7.0/X11R6.9 release by drag Parent article: More information on the X11R7.0/X11R6.9 release
Your example is incorrect. Binary-only drivers can be used with the current XFree.
Even before the revolutionary modularity of XFree 4 you could get binary-only drivers for some cards. They included the complete X server, though, because this is how XFree worked before 4.0. So it had to match your version exactly.
With XFree and current Xorg ("non modular") the binary driver is simply a shared object (.so library) that gets loaded by the X server. The binary driver's author wants a steady interface.
As long as everything comes from the same package, the interface between the X server and the card driver will remain subject to changes just like it used to be: if the change is important enough, it will happen.
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