Re: [Dri-devel] Simplified DRM backwards compatibility scheme

2001-10-15 Thread jhartmann
Keith Whitwell wrote: I suppose I'm basing my assumptions on sarea usage that is not there right now (a private sarea per context system rather than the temporary copies which we have now), and assuming a full featured tl card will have somewhere around 4-16k of possible state.

Re: [Dri-devel] Simplified DRM backwards compatibility scheme

2001-10-14 Thread jhartmann
Keith Whitwell wrote: Jeff, Others, I've been reviewing the work in the 3.5 branch for backwards compatibility and to me it looks like we can do it with a lot less effort. Here's what I'm proposing, in one simple sentence: Instigate a rule where any released ioctl will always be

Re: [Dri-devel] Backwards compatibility status

2001-09-20 Thread jhartmann
Keith Whitwell wrote: Jeff, Rik, Others, Can you please post a description of what the backwards compatibility kernel code changes are, how they work, what developers are expected to do to keep them working? Here is a quick rundown of how the infrastructure works: During Xserver startup