Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268131AbUIKM1m (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Sep 2004 08:27:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268135AbUIKM1m (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Sep 2004 08:27:42 -0400 Received: from imladris.demon.co.uk ([193.237.130.41]:53513 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268131AbUIKM1l (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Sep 2004 08:27:41 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 13:27:27 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Dave Airlie Cc: Jon Smirl , Alan Cox , =?iso-8859-1?Q?Felix_K=FChling?= , DRI Devel , lkml , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: radeon-pre-2 Message-ID: <20040911132727.A1783@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Dave Airlie , Jon Smirl , Alan Cox , =?iso-8859-1?Q?Felix_K=FChling?= , DRI Devel , lkml , Linus Torvalds References: <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> <9e47339104091010221f03ec06@mail.gmail.com> <1094835846.17932.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> <9e47339104091011402e8341d0@mail.gmail.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 Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 11:19:42PM +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: 1037 Lines: 18 > If the kernel developers can address this point I would be most > interested, in fact I don't want to hear any more about sharing lowlevel > VGA device drivers until someone addresses why it is acceptable to have > two separate driver driving the same hardware for video and not for > anything else.. (remembering graphics cards are not-multifunction cards - > like Christoph used as an example before - 2d/3d are not separate > functions...)... Well, Alan's proposal gets things back into a working shape with both fbdev and get additional benefits like hotplug and autloading without a major revamp of everything. The major rework will have to happen sooner or later anyway, but by fixing the obvious problems we face now first it can be done in small pieces and with far less pressure. - 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/