From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ville =?iso-8859-1?Q?Syrj=E4l=E4?= Subject: Re: PATCH Proposal make FB_ACCEL_ private to the driver Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:40:56 +0200 Message-ID: <20050228134056.GA5942@sci.fi> References: <20050227032611.GB14968@systol.god.lan> <20050227221715.GA16837@systol.god.lan> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1D5l8v-0003Zq-Ev for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 05:41:01 -0800 Received: from gw02.mail.saunalahti.fi ([195.197.172.116]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1D5l8t-0001Q3-Ts for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 05:41:01 -0800 Received: from kuori.saunalahti.fi (kuori.saunalahti.fi [195.197.175.23]) by gw02.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24482B9FF7 for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:40:57 +0200 (EET) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050227221715.GA16837@systol.god.lan> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 11:17:15PM +0100, Henk Vergonet wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 07:28:47PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Henk Vergonet wrote: > > I'm afraid you will never see this reply, as rememberme@systol.god.la= n won't > > resolve.... >=20 > It is intentional, but if it's a problem I can fix it. >=20 > >=20 > > > I want to propose to localize the maintenance and registration of t= he > > > FB_ACCEL_ id's and remove it from the public fb.h include file. > > >=20 > > > Motivation: > > > - This removes an unneeded dependency to fb.h if an additional card= s/chips are > > > introduced. (These id's are only interesting for the driver anyho= w.=20 > > > Only fbset will print out the id, but I'll doubt this is used by = anyone.) > >=20 > > Yes, it's used by userspace apps that need to know the graphics card = type (e.g. > > DirectFB and the good old XF68_FBDev). >=20 > My point is not that there are no userspace utils that use it. But that > we should lose this identifier in the public interface eventually becau= se it introduces unneeded dependencies as stated in my earlier post. >=20 > If it's used by userspace in any other way than for pure informational = purposes: > For example to make certain assumptions on hardware capabilities, locat= ions of specific hardware registers ...) then that's ok but should be con= sidered as a make-shift solution until we have found a better solution dr= ivers/API. And that is exactly how DirectFB uses it. Case closed :) --=20 Ville Syrj=E4l=E4 syrjala@sci.fi http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click