From: Mike M. <che...@ya...> - 2004-09-12 01:55:59
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--- Alan Cox <al...@lx...> wrote: > On Sad, 2004-09-11 at 16:53, Vladimir Dergachev wrote: > > Lastly, I am not saying you have to put all the code in the same > file. > > All I am saying we can mandate that all Radeon HW specific code is > linked > > in one module - and this would make things easier for developers. > > And if I want dri but not frame buffer, or vice versa, as the majority > of current users do > Hopefully any change to the kernel will allow building FB without DRM. This is a trivial seperation of code, that I might add has allready been done, a good point that we should keep it this way. Yes, there will be some new memory mngmt code, posibly optonal as well, that is needed for multi-headed setups. > > I would agree that this can be coded as well - but why bother ? > Or is > > it done and working already ? > > Splitting the modules up is the easy bit. The API is the hard bit so you > might as well formalize it. It also gives the users the ability to not > load huge radeon modules. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 > Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on > who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. > Deadline: Sept. 13. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php > -- > _______________________________________________ > Dri-devel mailing list > Dri...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com |