Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: 4.1.0 DRM (was Re: Linux 2.4.6-ac3) | From | Xavier Bestel <> | Date | 16 Jul 2001 21:34:48 +0200 |
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On 16 Jul 2001 13:32:10 -0600, Jeff Hartmann wrote:
> > Would it not be a bit more robust to have a wrapper module that pulls in > > the correct one on demand? In other words, for the radeon, you would > > still have the radeon.o module, but it would determine which child > > module to load depending on the version of X that is requesting it. Thus > > XFree86 would not require any changes and the backwards compatibility > > would be maintained invisibly. > > > > John > > > No, because the 2D ddx module is the one doing all the versioning. It > doesn't tell the kernel its version number etc., but the ddx module gets > the version from the kernel, and fails if its the wrong one. If the > kernel was the one doing the checking, then your suggestiong would be a > nice way of handling it.
Well ... you're gonna change the API anyway, so you could add that in the protocol. Still, I'm a bit disappointed with this ever-changing API. A bit un-linux if you ask me.
Xav
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