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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/16] viafb: Determine type of 2D engine and store it
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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:11:27 -0600
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On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:20:28 +0200
Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de> wrote:

> Just a minor nit:
> Could we change the default so that if someone adds support for a new 
> IGP (and misses this function) we default to either the newest or 
> preferably to none? I've just seen too much poorly maintained code in 
> this driver and defaulting to the oldest is hence a bad idea.
> Otherwise it's fine.

That would require making an exhaustive list of older chipset types.
It could probably be inferred through inspection of the code, but I
worry about making assumptions in this area...

Thanks,

jon