From: Keith W. <ke...@tu...> - 2002-08-26 17:40:51
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Sottek, Matthew J wrote: >>The reason we couldn't do "a single X server adjusted to accomidate any >>drm version" in this case was we didn't have a version bump. >>Consequently, is wasn't possible to work around the bug in the upstream >>modules (DDX and Mesa Drivers). >> > > Jens, > Why do you insist that there wasn't a version bump? I checked the XFree > cvs tree, > and my original patches, and there is a version bump. Am I missing > something? > It seems to me that XFree could have been (and still could be) fixed to work > with > both DRM versions.... but that isn't the problem. > If I understand it correctly, Mike wanted to be able to make ONE drm that > worked with all XFree versions. There was no way to do such a thing because > the > drm has no idea what XFree version it is talking to. Matt, It's always possible to make changes to the drm module in a way that preserves backwards compatibility. That's what we've been trying to do so far. Especially after being told we'd be kicked out of the kernel tree if we didn't... Keith |