On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 10:43:39AM +0100, Dave Airlie wrote: > > > > Umm, the Linux kernel isn't about minimizing interfaces. We don't link a > > copy of scsi helpers into each scsi driver either, or libata into each sata > > driver. > > true but the DRM isn't only about the Linux kernel, the DRM is a lowlevel > component of a much larger system, of which the DRM just has to reside in > the kernel,
And what makes this different? > While I agree the perfcet solution is to introduce another binary > interface, but no-one on the dri-devel list is willing to dedicate most of > their time for the next age answering questions like "well I upgraded my > r200 driver, and my mga stopped working, and the ATI binary driver killed > my dog when I changed something else", Just upgrade all of drm. You don't uopgrade a single drm driver either. Or introduce a DRM_VERSION macro ala KERNEL_VERSION. But best thing is really to keep the mast copy of drm in the latest kernel and let vendors backport if nessecary. > Ian has pointed this out on the > dri-devel list as a major issue and to be honest he is not alone in his > worries, if make the kernel responsible for the registration/de-reg only > then build everything else in the drivers, we don't have to worry about > someone adding a line to the middle of a structure and breaking the > modules from somewhere else.. not many people have two different graphics > cards and I'd rather inconvience them than increase support burden.. I think you need to start to play the kernel game if you want your code in the kernel. I know X has this strange idea of beeing useful mostly to make propritary vendors their life easier, but in kernel lands we thing differently. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
