Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GGI, EGCS/PGCC, Kernel source | From | Jes Degn Soerensen <> | Date | 27 Feb 1998 14:37:41 +0100 |
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>>>>> "Nathan" == Nathan Uno <nuno@coat.com> writes:
Nathan> I'm not sure I see a way around having sources in the kernel Nathan> tree. Either you support a piece of graphics hardware, or you Nathan> don't. If linux wants to support graphics hardware, the Nathan> drivers have to be in the kernel tree. Is that a bad thing?
Nathan> If it is, then adding hardware support to the kernel is ALWAYS Nathan> a bad thing. I know of very few pieces of hardware that Nathan> EVERYONE wants to use. Your logic seems to be that drivers Nathan> that not everyone needs are source bloat.
There is a difference, the number of different graphics boards to support is enormous, I don't belive it will be possible to keep it all in sync with the kernel, it will require kernel updates to older systems in order to use new graphics boards etc. etc. Right now the XFree team does most of that work for us.
Jes
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