-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alan Hourihane wrote: > On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 04:19:45 +0200, Egbert Eich wrote: >>Alan Hourihane writes: >> > On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 03:23:52 +0200, Egbert Eich wrote: >> > > Alan Hourihane writes: >> > > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 09:46:41AM +0100, Alan Hourihane wrote: >> > > > >> > > > For i810 and i830 it can just be removed as it isn't even used. The >> > > other >> > > > drivers just need a little tweaking to remove it's use. >> > > > >> > > >> > > How about casting it to drm_handle_t? >> > >> > I think we can just remove it in the other cases. I've just looked at >> > the via and sis drivers and it doesn't make any real use of it. I'm sure >> > the >> > other drivers don't make any real use of it too. >> > >> > I think it's best to just remove it's use completely. >> > >> >>Right. Some cleanup doesn't hurt. This drmAddress looks like something >>that was introduced without checking if something similar existed already. > > The cleanup does hurt, as it breaks backwards compatibility between the > DRI clients and the Xserver. > > But if 7.0 is around the corner I'd rather break things now, and with > idr's changes breaking compatibility too, now is the time to do it.
While I do agree with that sentiment, my proposed breaks are a little different. All of the interfaces that I'm proposing breaking are between client-side components (libGL and the client-side driver). If someone wants to install a newer client-side driver on 6.8.x, they can install a newer libGL to get things working. If the client/server protocol breaks, there is no easy work-around. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCxDrTX1gOwKyEAw8RAhiCAKCJp3kVMEoE/xyFRh3YRFap6RqVlgCeIaG7 WxJpUQVLeM2aGmAqiYGE+uU= =oeu6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
