From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luc Verhaegen Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/20] vt8623fb: New framebuffer driver for VIA VT8623 Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 01:31:47 +0200 Message-ID: <20070505233147.GA19039@skynet.be> References: <463C996A.9050005@gmail.com> <20070505181551.GB6016@sci.fi> <20070505200801.GA28014@localhost.localdomain> <20070505203450.GC6016@sci.fi> <20070505224855.GA18807@skynet.be> <1178406457.22828.7.camel@daplas> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HkTjM-00050Z-MZ for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 05 May 2007 16:32:00 -0700 Received: from outmx009.isp.belgacom.be ([195.238.5.4]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1HkTjL-000535-3P for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 05 May 2007 16:32:00 -0700 Received: from outmx009.isp.belgacom.be (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by outmx009.isp.belgacom.be (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Skynet-OUT-2.22) with ESMTP id l45NVi2c004227 for ; Sun, 6 May 2007 01:31:44 +0200 (envelope-from ) Received: from death (2.175-64-87.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be [87.64.175.2]) by outmx009.isp.belgacom.be (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Skynet-OUT-2.22) with ESMTP id l45NVhDC004221 for ; Sun, 6 May 2007 01:31:44 +0200 (envelope-from ) Received: from death by death with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HkTj9-0004xV-00 for ; Sun, 06 May 2007 01:31:47 +0200 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1178406457.22828.7.camel@daplas> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 07:07:37AM +0800, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > On Sun, 2007-05-06 at 00:48 +0200, Luc Verhaegen wrote: > > > > You mean that tiny one which talks about GUEUEs and such? > > I hope you're being ironic with the 'tiny' :-), because the patch that > came from VIA was humongous. > Well, my estimate for a full featured fb driver for this hardware would be around 10kloc/300kB source. > > > > Who plans on cleaning that one up? Who is prepared to see VIA just > > plough on regardless after that, just like VIA did with the X driver? > > > > Yep, just looking at that patch, it will be a difficult one to clean up. > > Tony It takes a special kind of idiot to take something like that on and keep it up too. Luc Verhaegen. http://unichrome.sf.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/