From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 90BA5482A for ; Wed, 2 Jul 2003 14:13:27 -0600 (MDT) From: Helge Deller To: "Joel Soete" Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] stifb Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 22:13:57 +0200 Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org References: <3ED70CF10000CBA7@ocpmta2.freegates.net> In-Reply-To: <3ED70CF10000CBA7@ocpmta2.freegates.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200307022213.58129.deller@gmx.de> Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Wednesday 02 July 2003 08:45, Joel Soete wrote: > Hi Helge, > > > > I notice some improvement of your stifb in 2.5 (module support). Do you > > > think feasible the backport to 2.4? > > > > OTOMH I think it doesn't make sense to backport them. > > Because 2.6 will be release soon? No. The console code in 2.5.x has a lot of changes which make modularization possible. This is mostly not available in 2.4.x, thus backporting makes not that much sense. > > Anyway, I'll take a look at it soon again. > > Thanks but don't spend too much time on this (I would simply know if, > according your opinion, it exists some major issue which avoid to do it). Ok. Helge