On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 13:23, Keith Whitwell wrote: > Michel DÃnzer wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 10:14, Keith Whitwell wrote: > > > >>Jon Smirl wrote: > >> > >>>After the switch I can remove these directories from dri: > >>>/xc/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel > >>>/xc/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/drm/kernel > >>>/xc/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/bsd/drm/kernel > >>>Delete these locally if you want to make sure the patch is working > >> > >>We want to make sure it is still relatively easy for XFree86 to pull in new > >>versions of the DRM. If we're making a shellscript to translate our files > >>into the kernel's structure, maybe one to do the same job for XFree86 is sensible. > > > > > > I'm inclined to consider this their problem... > > Hmm. > > It doesn't cost us anything to tie up loose ends. We've effectively done this > with the Mesa drivers - kept a working build system in the DRI tree so that a > Mesa+Drivers living in extras/ can be linked and built in an XFree86 tree. > Doing the same thing for DRM is an easy step we should take so that this has a > fighting chance of getting into XFree86 CVS. > > If you're going to argue that XFree86 CVS is suddenly not relevent, I'd > counter that some fork or other offshoot of that codebase is or will become > relevent, so the same argument applies.
I don't see much benefit of the DRM code being in any X tree. On the contrary, I think it rather increases the support burden by increasing the chance of people running outdated code. I think the priority should be well-maintained DRM code in the kernels, so ideally people shouldn't have to worry about it at all. Failing that, they can now get the real deal from us easily. Just my opinion, if someone wants to put in the effort, that's fine with me. -- Earthling Michel DÃnzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
