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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fix drm ioctl ABI default
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On Sat, 2002-09-28 at 03:21, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> I don't think that's the proper argument. 2.4.20 silently breaking
> systems that worked fine with 2.4.19 is not the way new linux releases
> work. Vendors can of course feel free to have the new ABI by default.

Linus did the same during earlier 2.4 when we went from 4.0 to 4.1 DRM.
There is a clear precedent for it from the boss 8)

In the general case it will autodetect the problem. There are some
additional bitds (see the dri-devel archive) to investigate that may
make it even more reliable

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