Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove the i830 driver
Keith Whitwell wrote: You can still buy new i865 boards: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/119412 So I think this isn't a great idea. This won't remove all support for i865. It only removes support for the combination of i865 and old X servers. New X servers use the i915 driver to support the i865 chipset. -- Simon Farnsworth - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ -- ___ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove the i830 driver
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Simon Farnsworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keith Whitwell wrote: You can still buy new i865 boards: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/119412 So I think this isn't a great idea. This won't remove all support for i865. It only removes support for the combination of i865 and old X servers. New X servers use the i915 driver to support the i865 chipset. You're right -- removing the old module is fine by me. Keith - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ -- ___ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove the i830 driver
After seeing that i830_drm.h was just added as a userspace header I wondered whether there's really a non-empty intersection of kernel = 2.6.27 users and users of such an ancient X. I doubt it, and therefore suggest this patch to remove the driver. NAK I'm generally against removing old userspace APIs just because you don't know what people are doing out in the real world, This should go via feature deprecation, it should also include a list of distros that actually shipped an X server/Mesa combo that used the i830 as opposed to the i915 so we can make a better judgement call. Dave. - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ -- ___ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove the i830 driver
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 03:28:04PM +0100, Keith Whitwell wrote: You can still buy new i865 boards: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/119412 So I think this isn't a great idea. Why does the i915 driver not work on this board? Keith cu Adrian -- Is there not promise of rain? Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. Only a promise, Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ -- ___ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove the i830 driver
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 09:14:05PM +0100, Dave Airlie wrote: After seeing that i830_drm.h was just added as a userspace header I wondered whether there's really a non-empty intersection of kernel = 2.6.27 users and users of such an ancient X. I doubt it, and therefore suggest this patch to remove the driver. NAK I'm generally against removing old userspace APIs just because you don't know what people are doing out in the real world, This should go via feature deprecation, it should also include a list of distros that actually shipped an X server/Mesa combo that used the i830 as opposed to the i915 so we can make a better judgement call. Is there any remote chance at all that such distros will work with kernels = 2.6.27 ? I'm asking since I remember that the current stable Debian contains kernel 2.6.18, the previous stable Debian contained kernel 2.6.8 (which was released nearly at the same time as X11R6.8.0), and the upgrade procedure was slightly tricky since there does not exist any udev version supporting both kernel 2.6.8 and kernel 2.6.18. [1] If you know about things people do in the real world I missed please say so. Dave. cu Adrian [1] http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#s-upgrading_kernel -- Is there not promise of rain? Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. Only a promise, Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ -- ___ Dri-devel mailing list Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
