Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267403AbUIJRWw (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:22:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267527AbUIJRWw (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:22:52 -0400 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.202]:14623 "EHLO mproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267403AbUIJRWt (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:22:49 -0400 Message-ID: <9e47339104091010221f03ec06@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:22:49 -0400 From: Jon Smirl Reply-To: Jon Smirl To: Alan Cox Subject: Re: radeon-pre-2 Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Felix_K=FChling?= , DRI Devel , lkml , Linus Torvalds In-Reply-To: <1094832031.17883.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <9e47339104090917353554a586@mail.gmail.com> <9e47339104090919015b5b5a4d@mail.gmail.com> <20040910153135.4310c13a.felix@trabant> <9e47339104091008115b821912@mail.gmail.com> <1094829278.17801.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <9e4733910409100937126dc0e7@mail.gmail.com> <1094832031.17883.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1704 Lines: 38 On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:00:33 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > On Gwe, 2004-09-10 at 17:37, Jon Smirl wrote: > > > > The plan is to add fbdev capability to the DRM so that you won't need > > > > to run vesafb. DRM will give you the features found in VESA fb instead > > > > of you needing to load it separately. > > > > > > > Your personal plan. > > > > I'm writing code to fix the conflicts between vesafb, fbdev, DRM and > > XAA and you're not. Either provide your own code for sorting out the > > resource conflicts or keep your opinions to yourself. > > You can write all the code you like its still "your personal plan". I > have seen nothing but rejection of it by the kernel community. My "personal plan" has been posted for comment to all relevant email lists -- xorg, fbdev, dri, and lkml. All feedback that was received was addressed and incorporated. Various aspects of the plan were talked about at three OLS sessions. Everyone has been invited to participate. I even went through significant effort to encourage fbdev developers to come to OLS and discuss the changes. Plan as orginally posted to lkml: http://lkml.org/lkml/2004/8/2/111 If the kernel community is going to reject this plan please let me know now so that I won't waste a year of my life writing the code for it. If Linux wants to stay with a 1980's desktop that's fine; at least Microsoft and Apple are innovating. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com - 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/