Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760605AbXE2QwQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 12:52:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752414AbXE2QwD (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 12:52:03 -0400 Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.248]:26887 "EHLO an-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751781AbXE2QwB (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 12:52:01 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=b10iZhWZApHiunPrCwCnujbnwVRbSd8qjt0WNOV96naIiOVYyOW3VydQZiOfak5a5bGF6ImjG8HG5xYVfCG8PYjc7QXPsV77a2VH3L1F5Lgsq0LaNAFwNrs11Zflye+Qy9rMA4xWFH6IJBnIa71R2w4Gw0m/nOuz80XuZd3dODg= Message-ID: <9e4733910705290951t3f59ae6dyc42a41e96b0c6cac@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 12:51:53 -0400 From: "Jon Smirl" To: "Pavel Machek" Subject: Re: [RFC] enhancing the kernel's graphics subsystem Cc: "Dave Airlie" , "Jesse Barnes" , "Jeff Garzik" , "Jesse Barnes" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Antonino A. Daplas" In-Reply-To: <20070529142631.GA6460@ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <465228E2.1030405@garzik.org> <200705211856.56228.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> <9e4733910705220727t605f2522tc4eb97257735c0fb@mail.gmail.com> <21d7e9970705220735j37bc8eeck87db7193c08c4c24@mail.gmail.com> <9e4733910705220813i479a68faxf365697962317c60@mail.gmail.com> <21d7e9970705221025r2f798dc5x310947db040c6521@mail.gmail.com> <9e4733910705221258v660d8f42j16cc596ca820e8b8@mail.gmail.com> <20070528201213.GA5840@ucw.cz> <9e4733910705281357x592f0853re9492efdb5ef82e8@mail.gmail.com> <20070529142631.GA6460@ucw.cz> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1161 Lines: 27 On 5/29/07, Pavel Machek wrote: > > I have already implemented this once and submitted a > > patch. > > Seems you were not persistent enough. 'I submitted a patch long time > ago' is still no reason to block new work. This is a well researched area and the flaws are widely know. Adding this new mode setting code to the kernel is not adding a new subsystem, it is an attempt to replace an existing subsystem. In order to replace a subsystem the general rule is that the new one must be better than the old one. I have not seen sufficient arguments made to justify replacing fbdev instead of extending it. As for writing more patches, I have been burnt once by "show us the code" being used as a way to getting rid of someone when the people saying "show us the code" have no intention of agreeing to the changes being proposed. I'm not going to fall for it again. -- 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/