Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269873AbUIDKZx (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 06:25:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269874AbUIDKZx (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 06:25:53 -0400 Received: from imladris.demon.co.uk ([193.237.130.41]:2822 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269873AbUIDKZp (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 06:25:45 -0400 Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 11:25:35 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Keith Whitwell Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Dave Airlie , Jon Smirl , dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New proposed DRM interface design Message-ID: <20040904112535.A13750@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Keith Whitwell , 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> <41398EBD.2040900@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904104834.B13362@infradead.org> <413997A7.9060406@tungstengraphics.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: <413997A7.9060406@tungstengraphics.com>; from keith@tungstengraphics.com on Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 11:23:35AM +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: 1198 Lines: 24 On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 11:23:35AM +0100, Keith Whitwell wrote: > > Actually regulat users do. And they do by pulling an uptodate kernel or > > using a vendor kernel with backports. This model would work for video drivers > > aswell. > > Sure, explain to me how I should upgrade my RH-9 system to work on my new i915? Download a new kernel.org kernel or petition the fedora legacy folks to include a drm update. The last release RH-9 kernel has various security and data integrity issues anyway, so you'd be a fool to keep running it. > However, introducing a new binary interface isn't going to magically transform > a fairly neglected codebase into a sparkly new one. All I can really see it > doing is saving a few K of memory in the hetrogenous dual head case. Oh, and > introducing a new failure mode to be debugged at a distance. huh? it you change the ABI your modules simply won't load. that's not exactly what I'd call debugging. - 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/