Re: video dir reorg
From: Sven Luther <hidden>
Date: 2003-01-14 21:26:56
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 09:22:36AM -0800, Jon Smirl wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- Sven Luther <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> wrote:quoted
I think Linus rejected this last time James submitted it.Didn't the last patch just move the DRM directory from driver/char into the video directory.?
There is a response of linus in the mailing list archive about this, i don't remember nor checked if it was only the first time, or not. I think the objection was about complicate to supervise diffs.
This could be done in two steps. First split out the fb console driver files into their own directory and then sort out the hardware drivers more. Then if the DRM merge gets ok'd everything will be ready. In the config system I don't like how you have to enable driver support for the same piece of hardware in two different places. I also don't like looking in two different places for the source to drivers for the same hardware. What is Linus' take on merging a card's fb and drm drivers into a single module in the long run?
Well, the problem is that the fb drivers are maintained by us, and the drm drivers are maintained by the DRI. Also, i think the drm drivers should compile not only on linux, but on other oses too (BSDs at least). Also, i believe some of the XFree86 guys don't like fbdevs. Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Take your first step towards giving your online business a competitive advantage. Test-drive a Thawte SSL certificate - our easy online guide will show you how. Click here to get started: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0027en