Re: [Dri-devel] Re: DRM reorganization

[Alex Deucher <agd5f@yahoo.com>]

--- Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
> Ian Romanick <idr@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> >
> > We're looking at reorganizing the way DRM drivers are maintained. 
> > Currently, the DRM kernel code lives deep in a subdirectory of the
> DRI 
> > tree (which is a partial copy of the XFree86 tree).  We plan to
> move it 
> > "up" to its own module at the top level.  That should make it
> *much* 
> > easier for people that want to do things with the DRM but don't
> want all 
> > the rest of X (i.e., DRI w/DirectFB, etc.).
> > 
> > When we do this move, we're open to the possibility of reorganizing
> the 
> > file structure.  What can we do to make it easier for kernel
> release 
> > maintainers to merge changes into their trees?
> 
> - Make sure that the files in the main kernel distribution are up to
> date.
> 
> - Prepare a shell script which does all the relevant file moves, send
> to
>   Linus, along with a diff which fixes up Kconfig and Makefiles.
> 
> - Start patching the files in their new locations.
> 
> 

we (as dri developers) should probably also sync the other way more
regularly too.  sometimes there are changes in the kernel tree that
don't get back to the dri/drm tree in a timely manner.

Alex

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