From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262837AbUHGOef (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Aug 2004 10:34:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262574AbUHGOee (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Aug 2004 10:34:34 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:63681 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262837AbUHGOdz (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Aug 2004 10:33:55 -0400 Subject: Re: DRM function pointer work.. From: Alan Cox To: Jon Smirl Cc: Keith Whitwell , Ian Romanick , Dave Airlie , "DRI developer's list" , lkml In-Reply-To: <20040806171641.14189.qmail@web14928.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040806171641.14189.qmail@web14928.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1091885466.18408.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 14:31:07 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Gwe, 2004-08-06 at 18:16, Jon Smirl wrote: > fbdev is in exactly this model and it isn't causing anyone problems. > The simple rule is that if you want to upgrade fbdev past the current > version you have to do it in entirety. You do that for fbdev but > pulling bk://fbdev.bkbits.net/. But Joe user doesn't do that, that is > something only developers do. And thats one of the big reasons its such a mess and doesn't work out. Nobody is testing or reviewing it until some huge "merge point" occurs at which point you run the risk of people saying "Actually your design sucks", or in the 2.6 case finding out too late so that there is a patch kit to upgrade your 2.6 to the 2.4 console driver