Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261297AbUJ3SOL (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:14:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261275AbUJ3SJx (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:09:53 -0400 Received: from hostmaster.org ([212.186.110.32]:21893 "EHLO hostmaster.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261248AbUJ3SIF (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:08:05 -0400 Subject: Re: status of DRM_MGA on x86_64 From: Thomas Zehetbauer To: Dave Airlie Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing Lists In-Reply-To: <21d7e997041030041748b60ce7@mail.gmail.com> References: <1099052450.11282.72.camel@hostmaster.org.suse.lists.linux.kernel> <1099061384.11918.4.camel@hostmaster.org.suse.lists.linux.kernel> <41829E39.1000909@us.ibm.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel> <1099097616.11918.26.camel@hostmaster.org.suse.lists.linux.kernel> <21d7e99704103004155d2826fb@mail.gmail.com> <21d7e997041030041748b60ce7@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-RYtkGgU6c7Si0yQ1MdUi" Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:08:02 +0200 Message-Id: <1099159682.10313.23.camel@hostmaster.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-3) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1845 Lines: 55 --=-RYtkGgU6c7Si0yQ1MdUi Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Could you or someone else please explain the problem? =46rom rom what I have read it seems that userland acesses some bitness dependent kernel structures. Fixing this would mean to use architecture independent structures in both kernel- and userland and break existing applications. As a user I would be satisfied if DRI is available for 64-bit applications on x86_64 and 32-bit applications do not cause the kernel to crash. Tom PS: I have Fedora running on a dual Opteron system with a Matrox Millenium G550, tell me if you want to test something. --=20 T h o m a s Z e h e t b a u e r ( TZ251 ) PGP encrypted mail preferred - KeyID 96FFCB89 finger thomasz@hostmaster.org for key Attempting to apply the OSI layers model to a real network is just like attempting to represent seven dimensions in four dimensional reality. --=-RYtkGgU6c7Si0yQ1MdUi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUAQYPYgmD1OYqW/8uJAQIz5Af/cNOY1mkMCYdblHkSvPGeJG/wLemuzBih 8vjXFxv6NP0KFH3kQKyu9liUiBzYMqRClsppu1T1e8vkP83HcIvUstfkO8F66XyG IVXGAeAdXhRgu7h9Y+VZi9qBmSxr9gzOWkrj5gg6afPk2DYPeAleS3KAvPzzHqsG XfAz7whtnZf39M8XSPTQ/F342BVQV8vwac3SJaJlBW1j3p2OG9ziUxGCNmy5ZLYm DAQR8Ochq23VP3vnLA0wmp2hflX6jB6537XiTx4vAJyFe2NB17PzIo04wfLinfXA Ecxxe7GdjwFt01/3Cz1IH6hDsRxHlWJ1l3Zh5VWYjGsC1s0tvVVGtg== =EPyk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-RYtkGgU6c7Si0yQ1MdUi-- - 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/