From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= Subject: Re: Re: Hotplug blacklist and video devices Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:58:51 -0500 Message-ID: <1108767531.5631.29.camel@thor.asgaard.local> References: <9e4733910502181251ea2b95e@mail.gmail.com> <20050218210822.GB8588@nostromo.devel.redhat.com> <9e47339105021813146cf69759@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1D2H5k-0001Ps-LU for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:59:20 -0800 Received: from mail-res.bigfish.com ([63.161.60.61] helo=mail31-res-R.bigfish.com) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.41) id 1D2H5j-0001we-A2 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:59:20 -0800 In-Reply-To: <9e47339105021813146cf69759@mail.gmail.com> 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 Cc: Jon Smirl , lkml On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 16:14 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:08:22 -0500, Bill Nottingham = wrote: > > Under Fedora (and RHEL), they're there because we generally > > don't want to load them unless the user asked for them. >=20 > Is there a specific reason why they are blocked?=20 One reaseon might be that the framebuffer devices can cause problems, e.g. with proprietary X drivers. > For example I'm looking at making changes to DRM such that DRM will > require the corresponding framebuffer driver to be loaded. Ignoring my suspicion that people won't like stuff getting forced down their throats like this (why would a DRM _require_ a framebuffer device?), does the hotplug blacklisting of the framebuffer devices matter at all if the DRM depends on them, i.e. won't they be loaded regardless when the DRM is loaded? --=20 Earthling Michel D=C3=A4nzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI develop= er Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=3Ddaenzer ------------------------------------------------------- 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