From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sven Luther Subject: Re: video dir reorg Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 22:26:47 +0100 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20030114212646.GA3731@iliana> References: <20030114091308.GA17392@iliana> <20030114172236.69468.qmail@web14905.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from smtp-out-2.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.19.254] helo=mel-rto2.wanadoo.fr) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 18YYaF-0002JO-00 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:26:56 -0800 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030114172236.69468.qmail@web14905.mail.yahoo.com> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Jon Smirl Cc: fbdev On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 09:22:36AM -0800, Jon Smirl wrote: > --- Sven Luther wrote: > > 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