On Apr 29, 10 10:20:38 -0700, Keith Packard wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:06:19 +0200, Matthias Hopf <[email protected]> wrote: > > I suggest that you have some sort of compile-time define available to > > determine the API type - in case some out-of-Xserver part (drivers?) > > wants to be backward compatible and support both APIs. > That's a good idea. I can add a #define to let drivers know that there's > a change in the DevPrivate API. Of course, they could check the ABI > version numbers while building, but having something specific to the > DevPrivate change would make things easier.
Hm, right, forgot about the ABI version. That would be enough, especially for rarely externally used APIs like this. Thanks Matthias -- Matthias Hopf <[email protected]> __ __ __ Maxfeldstr. 5 / 90409 Nuernberg (_ | | (_ |__ [email protected] Phone +49-911-74053-715 __) |_| __) |__ R & D www.mshopf.de _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
