Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269912AbUIDMLV (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 08:11:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269916AbUIDMLV (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 08:11:21 -0400 Received: from delerium.kernelslacker.org ([81.187.208.145]:458 "EHLO delerium.codemonkey.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269912AbUIDMLT (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 08:11:19 -0400 Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 13:10:39 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: Dave Airlie Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Keith Whitwell , Jon Smirl , dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New proposed DRM interface design Message-ID: <20040904121039.GB26419@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Dave Airlie , Christoph Hellwig , Keith Whitwell , Jon Smirl , dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040904102914.B13149@infradead.org> <41398EBD.2040900@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904104834.B13362@infradead.org> <413997A7.9060406@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904112535.A13750@infradead.org> <4139995E.5030505@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904112930.GB2785@redhat.com> <4139A9F4.4040702@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904124658.A14628@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 985 Lines: 21 On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 01:04:17PM +0100, Dave Airlie wrote: > releases, I would like to give those people a chance to use their graphics > cards, and the snapshots are not the only way, Intel have i915 Linux > drivers on their site from TG, they work on most kernels/distros, I get a > machine with i915 install Debian go to Intels website and download their > drivers, it all works, now why do I have to compile a kernel again? Then a month later, Debian issues a kernel security errata. You download and install it, and your 3d stops working. (worse case, maybe even your 2d breaks). The 'download third party drivers' thing is not a silver bullet. It will screw end users over, just as equally as it claims to help them. Dave - 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/