From: Keith Whitwell <keith@tungstengraphics.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>, Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@yahoo.com>,
dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: New proposed DRM interface design
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 11:23:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <413997A7.9060406@tungstengraphics.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040904104834.B13362@infradead.org>
Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 10:45:33AM +0100, Keith Whitwell wrote:
>
>>>Umm, the Linux kernel isn't about minimizing interfaces. We don't link a
>>>copy of scsi helpers into each scsi driver either, or libata into each sata
>>>driver.
>>
>>But regular users don't tend to pull down new scsi or ata drivers in the same
>>way that they do graphics drivers. Hence the concern of many drm developers
>>to avoid introducing new failure modes in this process.
>
>
> Actually regulat users do. And they do by pulling an uptodate kernel or
> using a vendor kernel with backports. This model would work for video drivers
> aswell.
Sure, explain to me how I should upgrade my RH-9 system to work on my new i915?
I'm not a big fan of the DRM code either, it's ironic that I'm in a position
where I'm defending it. Thanks to the cleanup work Dave is doing though it is
improving after a long period of neglect.
However, introducing a new binary interface isn't going to magically transform
a fairly neglected codebase into a sparkly new one. All I can really see it
doing is saving a few K of memory in the hetrogenous dual head case. Oh, and
introducing a new failure mode to be debugged at a distance.
Keith
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-04 10:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 111+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-04 0:12 New proposed DRM interface design Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 0:44 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-04 0:51 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 1:20 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-04 4:58 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 9:29 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-04 9:43 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 9:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-04 9:48 ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-09-04 9:50 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-04 9:45 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 9:48 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-04 10:23 ` Keith Whitwell [this message]
2004-09-04 10:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-04 10:30 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 10:44 ` Nick Piggin
2004-09-04 10:54 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 11:17 ` Dave Jones
2004-09-04 12:58 ` Sam Ravnborg
2004-09-04 21:06 ` Lee Revell
2004-09-05 10:14 ` Donnie Berkholz
2004-09-04 10:57 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 11:03 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-04 11:12 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 11:13 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-04 11:24 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 11:26 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-04 21:34 ` Lee Revell
2004-09-04 22:41 ` viro
2004-09-04 23:33 ` Lee Revell
2004-09-05 2:10 ` Horst von Brand
2004-09-05 3:42 ` Lee Revell
2004-09-04 11:42 ` Dave Jones
2004-09-04 11:50 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 21:35 ` Lee Revell
2004-09-04 22:06 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-05 12:00 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-04 11:18 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 11:20 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-04 11:30 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 11:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-04 11:44 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 11:29 ` Dave Jones
2004-09-04 11:41 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 11:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-04 12:04 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 12:10 ` Dave Jones
2004-09-04 12:35 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 12:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-04 21:45 ` Lee Revell
2004-09-04 16:39 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-04 11:54 ` Dave Jones
2004-09-04 12:08 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 12:17 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 12:21 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-04 12:32 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 12:30 ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-09-04 12:36 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 22:17 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 22:21 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-09-04 23:08 ` Felix Kühling
2004-09-04 12:20 ` Dave Jones
2004-09-04 13:52 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 15:36 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-04 15:56 ` Dieter Nützel
2004-09-04 17:43 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 18:03 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-05 12:07 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-05 15:05 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-05 14:15 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-05 15:33 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-05 14:44 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-05 14:58 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-05 16:05 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-05 15:13 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-07 8:43 ` Helge Hafting
2004-09-07 14:04 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-08 11:09 ` Helge Hafting
2004-09-06 6:06 ` Ryan Underwood
2004-09-05 15:31 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-05 17:27 ` Jesse Barnes
2004-09-05 21:12 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-05 20:53 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-05 22:11 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-05 22:59 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-06 20:58 ` Hamie
2004-09-06 20:15 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-06 21:38 ` Hamie
2004-09-06 21:47 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-06 22:18 ` Patrick McFarland
2004-09-07 19:21 ` Ian Romanick
2004-09-04 0:54 ` Alex Deucher
2004-09-04 0:59 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 1:25 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-04 19:03 ` Alex Deucher
2004-09-04 3:51 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-04 4:52 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 6:04 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-04 7:36 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 7:53 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 8:25 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 8:37 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 9:02 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 16:01 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-04 17:44 ` Keith Whitwell
2004-09-04 7:52 ` Dave Airlie
2004-09-04 15:46 ` Jon Smirl
[not found] ` <2191E8A1-FE89-11D8-BFDA-000A95F07A7A@fs.ei.tum.de>
2004-09-04 15:59 ` Jon Smirl
2004-09-04 21:35 ` Eric Anholt
2004-09-07 21:01 ` Ian Romanick
2004-09-04 9:27 ` Christoph Hellwig
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