Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:22:48 -0600 | From | jmerkey <> | Subject | Re: Why no XML in the Kernel? |
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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. >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > 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).
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