On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 19:20 +0200, Maarten Maathuis wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Maarten Maathuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. >> > >> > Maarten. >> > >> > PS. i can commit these myself, this is just for review, considering >> > it's a non-trivial change. >> > >> >> Any thoughts about other stuff needing change in the pixmap (or maybe >> the closely related drawable)? I'm openminded to change, so it seems >> sensible to check if there are any other problems out there. Without >> any further complaints i'll probably go ahead with this in a few days. > > I'm not sure this is worth the pain for drivers... > > > -- > Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com > Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer > >
Are you thinking of anything besides ddx drivers? (i checked ati, it has about 5 instances, intel about 12, a simple macro could serve as a drop in replacement) Maarten. _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
