On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 07:36:40PM +0100, Dave Jones wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 10:57:36AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > (In fact the agpgart code > > > really doesn't handle this concept at all due to the extensive usage > > > of aperture type macros/typedefs). > > > > Why _is_ that AGP code using those silly thing in the first place? > > > > I actually looked at writing an AGP subdriver without using any of the > > common AGP infrastructure (just writing the "insert_entries()" and > > "remove_entries()" functions directly, without caring about those broken > > AGP "generic helper functions") and it looked _simpler_ than much of the > > crap that is there now. > > > > It's sad when the helper functions end up being more bother than help. > > I'd toyed with the idea of nuking those, but as we were getting closer > to 2.6, I figured it was time to slow down. If you feel the gain is > worth it, I'll tackle it sometime, but to be honest, it seems that > in the next year or so, AGP will likely be phased out in favour of > PCI express anyway, so I'm not convinced that agpgart really has much > of a future past the next 12 months.
And we will throw out all our existing hardware and run buying PCI-Express enabled ones, right ? Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
