Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263795AbUIDWXI (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 18:23:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263806AbUIDWXI (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 18:23:08 -0400 Received: from imladris.demon.co.uk ([193.237.130.41]:29446 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263795AbUIDWXG (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 18:23:06 -0400 Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 23:21:54 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Dave Airlie Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Keith Whitwell , Dave Jones , Christoph Hellwig , Jon Smirl , dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New proposed DRM interface design Message-ID: <20040904232154.A18493@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Dave Airlie , Arjan van de Ven , Keith Whitwell , Dave Jones , Jon Smirl , dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040904112535.A13750@infradead.org> <4139995E.5030505@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904112930.GB2785@redhat.com> <4139A9F4.4040702@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904115442.GD2785@redhat.com> <4139B03A.6040706@tungstengraphics.com> <1094301014.2801.10.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: ; from airlied@linux.ie on Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 11:17:40PM +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: 915 Lines: 17 On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 11:17:40PM +0100, Dave Airlie wrote: > > Actually after sleeping on this, I've just realised technically whether > the code is in a core separate module or driver module is only going to > affect maybe 5% of the work and the Makefiles/Kconfig at the end, so > following the principles of a)least surprise, b) kernel must remain > stable, I think I can proceed with moving stuff into libraries and the > likes without making the final decision until later, we will probably > start with having the library type code in the driver (where it is now) > and make it possible to change later, as it evolves.. Fine with me. ad keep up your good work. - 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/