On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:54:35 -0400 Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've checked two new directories into DRM CVS for Linux 2.6 - > linux-core, shared-core. This code implements a new model for DRM > where DRM is split into a core piece and personality modules that > share the core. The major reason for doing this is that it allows me > to remove all of the DRM() macros; something that is causing lot's of > complaints from the Linux kernel people. A single savage works just fine. This is lsmod output with X running: Module Size Used by savage 3520 0 drm 62500 3 savage Is it normal that the savage module looks unused? I can actually rmmod the savage module while X is running. After that direct rending fails with some error message about permissions ... reloading savage didn't help (of course, because X wouldn't reinitialize it). A bit later the box locked up. Is this 0 usage count and the ability to rmmod the module while X is running specific to the savage driver or do other drivers show the same behaviour? Some questions about future driver development: So the new linux-core and shared-core are the place to do new driver development? If this is correct then it will be for 2.6 kernels only, right? I suppose there would some back-porting effort involved in getting a future savage driver to work with 2.4 again (like adding back all the DRM() macros). > [snip] > -- > Jon Smirl > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Felix Kühling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fxk.de.vu | | PGP Fingerprint: 6A3C 9566 5B30 DDED 73C3 B152 151C 5CC1 D888 E595 | ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
