Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269848AbUIDJ33 (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 05:29:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269849AbUIDJ33 (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 05:29:29 -0400 Received: from imladris.demon.co.uk ([193.237.130.41]:60933 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269848AbUIDJ3U (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 05:29:20 -0400 Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 10:29:14 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Dave Airlie Cc: Jon Smirl , dri-devel@lists.sf.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New proposed DRM interface design Message-ID: <20040904102914.B13149@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Dave Airlie , Jon Smirl , dri-devel@lists.sf.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040904004424.93643.qmail@web14921.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from airlied@linux.ie on Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 01:51:24AM +0100 X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by phoenix.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 921 Lines: 21 On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 01:51:24AM +0100, Dave Airlie wrote: > > > > Then drm_core would always be bundled with the OS. > > > > Is there any real advantage to spliting core/library and creating three > > interface compatibily problems? > > Yes we only have one binary interface, between the core and module, this > interface is minimal, so AGP won't go in it... *ALL* the core does is deal > with the addition/removal of modules, the idea being that the interface is > very minor and new features won't change it... Umm, the Linux kernel isn't about minimizing interfaces. We don't link a copy of scsi helpers into each scsi driver either, or libata into each sata driver. - 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/