On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 01:10:37 +0100, Stephane Marchesin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Airlie wrote: > > >Okay some people have commented on the DRM CVS of late, and are unsure of > >what is happening with it, > > > >I'm very willing to drop the shared and linux directories into an archived > >area but that will stop all support for Linux 2.4, > > > Are some changes underway that might make 2.4 hard to maintain ?
We are adding things like sysfs support that don't exist under 2.4. Also, the internal kernel API is starting to diverge from the 2.4 one due to changes in the VM system. Look at drm_compat.h to get an idea of how things are changing. Another area of change is module initialization parameters. > If someone sends patches for the 2.4 branch, would they be accepted ? I don't see why not. But they won't appear in 2.4 kernel releases because the 2.4 kernel maintainer is no longer accepting anything but bug patches. We have had 2.6 for three years now and it is many times better than 2.4. 2.4 should just become a stable, unchanging platform. The support that is there should continue work. No other device support for new hardware (for example many new USB devices) is being back ported to 2.4 either. If you want support for current hardware you need to be on 2.6. > > Stephane > > -- Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
