On Gwe, 2003-08-01 at 23:54, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 18:33, Ian Romanick wrote: > > > > This does make one subtle, but VERY important change to the policy > > carried out by the driver's init function. Right now all of the drivers > > will try to run even if they don't recognize the PCI ID. If we go > > this route, that will change. If a device ID isn't in the table, the > > driver will bail. Given what Keith and Michel had said about the > > embedded branch, I think this is the better way to go. Thoughts? > > I think the new behaviour should be limited to scenarios where there > isn't a 2D driver which knows the correct 3D driver.
In the Linux world the driver framework for hot plug is going to require the driver knows the right PCI idents to work nicely. The 2.6-test tree however also allows runtime adjustment of tables. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
