Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269857AbUIDJwF (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 05:52:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269867AbUIDJwE (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 05:52:04 -0400 Received: from imladris.demon.co.uk ([193.237.130.41]:262 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269865AbUIDJuz (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 05:50:55 -0400 Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 10:50:45 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Dave Airlie , Christoph Hellwig , Jon Smirl , dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New proposed DRM interface design Message-ID: <20040904105045.A13465@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Arjan van de Ven , Dave Airlie , Jon Smirl , dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040904004424.93643.qmail@web14921.mail.yahoo.com> <20040904102914.B13149@infradead.org> <1094291327.2801.3.camel@laptop.fenrus.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: <1094291327.2801.3.camel@laptop.fenrus.com>; from arjanv@redhat.com on Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 11:48:47AM +0200 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: 890 Lines: 22 On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 11:48:47AM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > true but the DRM isn't only about the Linux kernel, the DRM is a lowlevel > > component of a much larger system, of which the DRM just has to reside in > > the kernel, > > > you seem to be confusing 2 things. > > The kernel<->userspace interface is supposed to be stable, and it should > be so that you can basically decouple X and kernel versions. > > Within the kernel you should go for the best interface (where "best" is > a notion that is flexible over time) because 1) you can and 2) you are > suboptimal in both performance and maintenance if you don't seconded. - 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/