From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sven Luther Subject: Re: video dir reorg Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 10:13:08 +0100 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20030114091308.GA17392@iliana> References: <20030114020207.84068.qmail@web14910.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 18YN8J-0006Pf-00 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 01:13:19 -0800 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030114020207.84068.qmail@web14910.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 Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 06:02:07PM -0800, Jon Smirl wrote: > Does it make sense to try merging the DRM drivers into > the video directory? Maybe something like this: > > video -- empty except for Kconfig file > video/console -- generic fbconsole code > video/DRM -- generic DRM code > video/ati -- ati drivers (drm & fb) > video/i810 -- i810 drivers (drm & fb) > etc..... > > This would allow the merging of the DRM and FB > hardware device drivers over time. Switching VTs > should be coordinated with saving 3D state. > > Even with out merging DRM should the console driver be > split out from the hardware drivers? I think Linus rejected this last time James submitted it. That said, there is a trend with the DRI people that now want to use the drm modules to do memory allocation or something such, which was, i think, previously done in the X server. Maybe this would be of interrest to a fbdev<->drm merging James did speak about some time ago. Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en