Re: New proposed DRM interface design

Dave Jones
2004-09-04T12:11:21Z

On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 01:04:17PM +0100, Dave Airlie wrote:

> releases, I would like to give those people a chance to use their graphics
> cards, and the snapshots are not the only way, Intel have i915 Linux
> drivers on their site from TG, they work on most kernels/distros, I get a
> machine with i915 install Debian go to Intels website and download their
> drivers, it all works, now why do I have to compile a kernel again?

Then a month later, Debian issues a kernel security errata.
You download and install it, and your 3d stops working.
(worse case, maybe even your 2d breaks).
The 'download third party drivers' thing is not a silver bullet.
It will screw end users over, just as equally as it claims to help them.

Dave