On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 01:02:30PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> ...
> It takes two to tango so its not just what I need its also what do they
> need.
> 
> What I would like to see would be:
> 
> A single definitive source for the DRM code, one where contributions go
> back from Linux, from *BSD, from core XFree86 as well as from the DRI
> project.


May I suggest that the best way to do that, is to keep the kernel DRM code,
as a **SEPARATE PROJECT**, at least on the source code repository level.

IMO, there should be a separate repository, or at least a separate
directory at the same level as the top-level "xc".

The only thing from the driver that really belongs buried in the xfree86
server code, is a single, os-neutral copy of "drm.h", from whatever version
of DRM that branch of xfree86 is officially supporting.


Once you have achieved that separation, you have something actually
resembling a formal API between user-level and kernel driver level.
That is the only way things are going to get cleaned up, process-wise.
Not to mention greatly aiding kernel coding efforts for non-linux
platforms.




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