Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751499AbaLPHoj (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2014 02:44:39 -0500 Received: from mail.fireflyinternet.com ([87.106.93.118]:50026 "EHLO fireflyinternet.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751124AbaLPHoh (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2014 02:44:37 -0500 X-Default-Received-SPF: pass (skip=forwardok (res=PASS)) x-ip-name=78.156.65.138; Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 07:44:13 +0000 From: Chris Wilson To: Dave Airlie Cc: Linus Torvalds , Thomas Hellstrom , Linux Kernel Mailing List , DRI mailing list , Alex Deucher , Daniel Vetter Subject: Re: [git pull] drm for 3.19-rc1 Message-ID: <20141216074413.GB26498@nuc-i3427.alporthouse.com> Mail-Followup-To: Chris Wilson , Dave Airlie , Linus Torvalds , Thomas Hellstrom , Linux Kernel Mailing List , DRI mailing list , Alex Deucher , Daniel Vetter References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 12:37:52PM +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > > Having a quiet deprecation warning with the understanding that things > > will stay around for *years* is fine. Although it makes me wonder how > > much value the deprecation message really adds. I mean, why the hell > > print a message, when the only correct thing to do is to just look at > > and fix Xorg? > > > > And if you can't get Xorg fixed, then the message is kind of pointless too? > > > > So really, I don't see the point of even a oneliner message. You guys > > know who the user is. There's no value in the message. Either you fix > > the user or you don't. > > > > It's not like "oh, it's Xorg that uses our drm interfaces" is a big > > surprise, is it? > > Its not X.org the X server, It is plymouthd using libkms. It affects -radeon, -nouveau and -intel who all try to copy the fbcon created using a dumb buffer into the Screen Pixmap. -Chris -- Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/