Messages in this thread | | | From | "Antonino A. Daplas" <> | Subject | Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: 2.6.10-rc1-mm2: intelfb/AGP unknown symbols | Date | Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:08:32 +0800 |
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On Saturday 30 October 2004 19:34, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > What's wrong with exporting the symbols back again? > > if they are the right api to use; nothing. If they aren't (and what you > describe somehow suggests they aren't) it sounds better to make the > frontend usable for the intelfb driver instead... >
I think the functions are the right API to use for clients within the kernel. The frontend is directed more for userspace clients.
The old interface was to do an inter_module_get/put, but this is to be deprecated. And all it does is to provide all the backend functions to the requestor.
Either a new interface is provided by agpgart, otherwise, not just intelfb and i810fb will be affected, but also DRM (which currently uses inter_module_get/put("drm_agp")).
If I remember correctly, the DRI people also have a new patch that removes inter_module_get/put and they did it by calling the backend functions directly.
Tony
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