On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Aaron Plattner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 08:04:52PM +0200, Maarten Maathuis wrote: >> These names are supposedly historical, but everyone seems to use them >> for the same purpose. >> I am aware this may require a few minor changes to (for example) exa >> drivers with driver based memory allocations. >> I personally believe in having clear names rather than some obscure >> remnant of the past. I removed the devPrivate considering the void >> pointer is the only useful part anyway. >> >> It would be nice to know if all !xfree86 has the equivilant of >> VIDEODRV_ABI_VERSION. >> >> Anyway, share your thoughts, comments and such. > > It seems unfortunate to break the API just to rename a few fields. While I > can understand wanting to make the naming clearer, if we're going to change > the API can we please strive to make it better, rather than just different? > > -- Aaron >
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