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From: Hyungwon Hwang <human.hwang@samsung.com>
To: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
Cc: ML dri-devel <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] xf86drmMode: Make atomic request structures visible
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 15:06:58 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150821150658.50d3f2be@samsung.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACvgo501hJCN6kYXspcwLSmzozmD0pBpU3oNCSdg5YNKGK-W_g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Emil,

On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 17:23:09 +0100
Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 19 August 2015 at 01:58, Hyungwon Hwang <human.hwang@samsung.com>
> wrote:
> > This patch makes 'struct _drmModeAtomicReqItem' and 'struct
> > _drmModeAtomicReq' visible from outside. This is needed for
> > userspace applications to use those structures when calling
> > drmModeAtomicCommit().
> >
> Hmmm what is missing in the current API, that one needs direct access
> to the structs ? If we expose these to the user we'll be putting a
> (ABI) hedgehog down our pants (i.e. it might be ok, but will likely
> result in a very painful experience).

I also agree with you. I think I should drop this patch, and find
another way for modetest.

Thanks.

Best regards,
Hyungwon Hwang

> 
> Thanks
> Emil

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  reply	other threads:[~2015-08-21  6:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-19  0:58 [PATCH 1/6] xf86drmMode: remove the trailing white spaces Hyungwon Hwang
2015-08-19  0:58 ` [PATCH 2/6] xf86drmMode: separate drmModeAtomicCommit() and drmModeAtomicCleanup() Hyungwon Hwang
2015-08-20 16:17   ` Emil Velikov
2015-08-21  4:54     ` Hyungwon Hwang
2015-08-21  6:42       ` Pekka Paalanen
2015-08-21  7:18         ` Hyungwon Hwang
2015-08-21 10:08           ` Pekka Paalanen
2015-08-19  0:58 ` [PATCH 3/6] xf86drmMode: Make atomic request structures visible Hyungwon Hwang
2015-08-20 16:23   ` Emil Velikov
2015-08-21  6:06     ` Hyungwon Hwang [this message]
2015-08-21  6:44       ` Pekka Paalanen
2015-08-21  7:35         ` Hyungwon Hwang
2015-08-19  0:58 ` [PATCH 4/6] modetest: remove the trailing white spaces Hyungwon Hwang
2015-08-19  0:58 ` [PATCH 5/6] modetest: add atomic modeset support Hyungwon Hwang
2015-08-19  0:58 ` [PATCH 6/6] modetest: add atomic page flip support Hyungwon Hwang

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