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SubjectRe: Why no XML in the Kernel?
Dave Airlie wrote:

>>Ah. So, er, the DRM<-> userspace protocol is stable, then?
>>
>>Looks like I was working on bad assumptions (assuming the DRM and X were
>>tied). I'm not sure where those assumptions came from. Possibly just
>>that they shared a CVS repo, although I'd hope I'd had more evidence
>>than that. I realy can't recall.
>>
>>
>
>In theory yes, on occasion I do get bugs that break XFree86 4.3, but
>these are bugs as opposed to design decisions, upgrading the kernel
>should never require upgrading to a new version of X or anything like
>that, however upgrading X can sometimes require a newer kernel in
>order to take advantage of newer drm features.. but X should always
>work with the older drms...
>
>Dave.
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How about putting the ability to disable graphics mode in the kernel and
moving this capability from X, and saving the video state. Would make
kernel debuggers work a hell of a lot better when the damn thing crashes
in X in the kernel. At least then the screen won;t be locked up (of
course you can type "reboot " from memory while the system is still hung
in X).

Jeff
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