Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 6 Mar 2010 09:40:18 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [git pull] drm request 3 |
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On Sat, 6 Mar 2010, Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote: > > You shouldn't expect, by now, upgrade drm kernel without update libdrm > or at least recompile libdrm.
Why?
Why shouldn't I expect that? I already outlined exactly _how_ it could be done.
Why are people saying that technology has to suck?
> So when you saw a error message "driver nouveau 0.0.n+1 and have 0.0.n" > is completely right.
No. It's _not_ right. The code knows what is wrong. Considering it a fatal error is _stupid_ and bad technology, when it could have just fixed it.
> Is not a perfect world, but as talked on xorg mailing list, some time > ago, we do not have resources to test it in all versions. > Is better focus on just one combination.
This is not about "testing all versions". It's fine to have just one combination. But why the hell doesn't it _load_ that one combination instead of just dying?
IOW, there is a check for a version. It could - instead of dying - just dlopen() the right version instead.
Why are people making excuses for bad programming and bad technology?
Linus
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