Re: [Linux-ia64] Re: Linux 2.4.17-pre6 drm-4.0

David Mosberger
2001-12-14T19:13:15Z

>>>>> On Sat, 8 Dec 2001 13:31:56 +0100, Christoph Hellwig <hch@caldera.de> said:

Christoph> David, would you remove drm-4.0 from the ia64 patch if I'd do the work
Christoph> again and package an up-to-date and ia64-capable drm 4.0 out-of-tree?

In my opinion it's extremely bad style to remove drm-4.0 from the 2.4
kernel (remember, it's supposed to be a *stable* kernel series). As
far as I know, there are binary-only drivers out there that work only
with drm-4.0. I don't think it's fair to break someones working setup
just because of a kernel upgrade.

But if there is a good reason to remove it, I'm certainly willing to
listen. My understanding is that for Keith it's good enough if
drm-4.0 goes away in 2.5.

--david