On Iau, 2004-05-06 at 09:39, Egbert Eich wrote: > Furthermore I'd argue that as little as necessary should live in the > kernel space. One thing that - in my opinion - should *not* live in > there is mode detection and initialization.
There is a need to handle some mode setup/init in the kernel (think about non-text mode hardware) but the hotplug interface allows most cards to do that in userspace, and all the discussion so far seems keen on that [Kernel folk believe lots should be done in user space too!] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver higher performing products faster, at low TCO. http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3 -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
