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From: Ari Entlich <atrigent@ccs.neu.edu>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 34/36] tty: Add a new VT mode which is like VT_PROCESS but doesn't require a VT_RELDISP ioctl call
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:53:10 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2163366.511711268697190113.JavaMail.root@zimbra> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <455171.511691268697128244.JavaMail.root@zimbra>

----- "Greg KH" <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> So, are you happy with this in Linus's tree, or do you want it
> reverted?

The problems with this patch include:
1. There's at least one subtlety I overlooked - switching between X servers
   (i.e. from one X VT to another) still requires the cooperation of both
   X servers. I was assuming that KMS eliminated this.
2. It hasn't been tested at all (no X server patch exists which uses the
   new mode).

So yes, I think it would be wise to revert it. I'll resubmit the patch (in
a changed form or otherwise) when I've resolved these issues.

I apologize again for being late in telling you this stuff.

Ari

       reply	other threads:[~2010-03-15 23:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <455171.511691268697128244.JavaMail.root@zimbra>
2010-03-15 23:53 ` Ari Entlich [this message]
2010-03-16  0:18   ` [PATCH 34/36] tty: Add a new VT mode which is like VT_PROCESS but doesn't require a VT_RELDISP ioctl call Greg KH
     [not found] <9842632.318001267575211703.JavaMail.root@zimbra>
2010-03-03  0:16 ` Ari Entlich
2010-03-15 20:33   ` Greg KH
     [not found] <14018832.317861267574035528.JavaMail.root@zimbra>
2010-03-02 23:55 ` Ari Entlich
2010-03-03  0:02   ` Greg KH
2010-03-02 23:09 [GIT PATCH] TTY patches for 2.6.33-git Greg KH
2010-03-02 23:36 ` [PATCH 34/36] tty: Add a new VT mode which is like VT_PROCESS but doesn't require a VT_RELDISP ioctl call Greg Kroah-Hartman

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