Dave Airlie writes: > > > > > I was just a little perplexed (as I'm sure Egbert was too) that the bug > > #943 > > hadn't been updated by Paul and all of a sudden it appears in the kernel > > first without being in the DRM CVS for at least a little while to get > > tested here. > > Paul and Egbert discussed it on the bug at the time Paul was working on it > .. I was happier with Pauls initial approach for the kernel, and Egberts > first patch I also felt to be overly intrusive from the start, and > uncaring of backwards compat, i.e. fine for SuSE distros but not for the > kernel as we would break old Xs....
We've discussed the intrusiveness of my patch and I was able to give an explanation on why I did it this way. I'm not sure if all the issues that I had where addressed in Paul's code. Non of the patches that I've posted had problems with backward compatibility. At least not across the kernel/user space interface. Originally I had one that wasn't however that had been fixed before I put patches into the fd.o bugzilla. The original patch did solve the backward compatibility issue in a different way. I've reinvestigated this issue and came up with a simpler solution. > > > > > I guess we need to pull Paul's Mesa fixes into the Mesa CVS too now ?? > > Yes they probably do need to be applied alright, really Egberts patch need > to take more care of what Paul was aiming for with compatibility... I > didn't get enough time to full review his last patch, but I would prefer > to see it split up into the drm/Mesa/Xorg pieces so each can be assessed > by each team, the days of the drm being a part of Xorg are coming to an > end... Dave, that's what I've already done with my latest set. Also compatibility has never been an issue with the patches that I've posted to bugzilla - unless it has been broken accidentally which I would be interested to hear about. That's why I've posted the code for more widespread testing. > > I was hoping the two of them would sort it out and supply me with a "final > solution" as I've no access to any equipment using this stuff, and > couldn't ever get anyone to review Egberts patch until Paul turned up with > his own.. > Hm. Egbert. ------------------------------------------------------- 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_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
