On 6/21/05, Dave Airlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I don't see this process adding huge amounts of code to the drivers, > > I'm halfway through and I don't think I've added hardly any code at > > all. Mostly I just rearrange what is already there. > > > > Linux already has existing fbdev drivers for mode setting. I am > > choosing to use those now since I wasted a year messing around trying > > to add mode setting directly to DRM. I now realize that there are > > vocal, powerful supporters behind using the fbdev code. I want to get > > my server working so I am choosing the path of least resistance and > > using fbdev. > > But there are also people who are against it and my thinking is that with > benh now thinking we should avoid using fbdev, we should maybe start to > think about it..
I wish you luck in chasing this. I have wasted far, far, far too much time fighting various people over the mode setting API. I have thousands of lines of rejected patches sitting on my disk. I have learned my lesson and the code I am currently writing calls fbdev. -- Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
