On Sun, 2002-07-14 at 15:36, Keith Whitwell wrote:
> Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > On Fri, 2002-07-12 at 14:56, Keith Whitwell wrote: 
> > 
> >>>Looks good, but I think I've got an even better patch:
> >>>
> >>>http://www.penguinppc.org/~daenzer/DRI/radeon-nommio.diff
> >>>
> >>>I've moved the initialization and put the scratch registers right behind
> >>>the ring read pointer, this should work with PCI GART and all kinds of
> >>>AGP GART. I'll commit this now.
> >>>
> >>This looks ok.  The one thing I'd say is that we've added functionality to the 
> >>kernel module, so we should bump the minor version number (ie 1.4.0) -- this 
> >>means that you can test rmesa->drm.minor (or whatever) instead of firing off 
> >>the ioctl & checking for EINVAL.
> >>
> > 
> > Bumping the minor strikes me as overkill for this. It's not a new ioctl
> > or something. What about the attached patch?
> 
> It's a change to the interface -- an extension.  It doesn't matter that it's 
> not a new ioctl, this is exactly what bumping the minor number is supposed to 
> do.  Bumping the minor number is free - it doesn't cost anything or break 
> anything.
> 
> One thing that we haven't really made clear is when a 'release' is.  However, 
> given that 1.3 is in the 2.5 kernel sources, I'd say wherever the line is, 
> we've crossed it.  So - bump the minor & don't worry too much.

You're the boss. :) Changed and committed.


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast



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