From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Winischhofer Subject: Re: Some questions Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 23:13:05 +0100 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3E667671.9040805@winischhofer.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from static213-229-38-018.adsl.inode.at ([213.229.38.18] helo=home.winischhofer.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 18qh7p-0006tX-00 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2003 14:12:33 -0800 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"; format="flowed" To: James Simmons Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Antonino Daplas , Linux Fbdev development list James Simmons wrote: >>>We should split the monitor programing stuff out from stuff like bpp etc. >>>Now if you think about it we can do things like change the bpp without >>>having to redo the monitor programming. This is the flaw with the old and >>>even the new api. >> >>You could have done that from the beginning. Just look at which fields have >>changed and which haven't. > > > I should of but didn't because I knew driver would take teh path of lest > resistance to port there drivers. TO much change would have made the > current situtation much much worst. One could argue that changing stuff more or less constantly does not make it any easier to keep up with a working driver.... :) Thomas -- Thomas Winischhofer Vienna/Austria mailto:thomas@winischhofer.net *** http://www.winischhofer.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com