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

Marcelo Tosatti
2001-12-17T16:14:36Z

On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 11:13:15AM -0800, David Mosberger wrote:
> > 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).
>
> Agreed. Stil I don't think specific ports should fix that up - this
> will sooner or later leed to a full fork.
>
> > 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.
>
> _Any_ kernel update may break binary drivers.
>
> > 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.
>
> My opinion is that including the drm changes in the ia64 patch just makes
> the diff to handle much bigger.
>
> Marcelo, are you willing to put in drm 4.0 as option in 2.4.18 again?

Why would I ?

What is wrong with the current drm version ?