On Die, 2002-12-31 at 00:07, Jack Howarth wrote: > Considering that the drm code has changed enough in the past > that we have two versions in Linux 2.4 (legacy XFree86 4.0 and > XFree86 4.1), why wouldn't the drm code fork yet again at some > point in the XFree86 cvs? If one were running Linux 2.5 and it > was sync'd to the drm code in XFree86 drm cvs I would imagine > such problems wouldn't arise. Is the kernel drm API frozen since > 4.1 so that we will never see a Linux kernel with say > XFree86 4.0 and 4.1 as legacy and XFree86 4.3 (aka drm cvs) > as the new standard drm?
The DRM is being synchronized between DRI CVS (the canonical source), Linux 2.5 and XFree86 CVS, and it's backwards compatible to 4.2.0. -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
