From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266114AbUHFRya (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Aug 2004 13:54:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266073AbUHFRwe (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Aug 2004 13:52:34 -0400 Received: from web14926.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.225.84]:57713 "HELO web14926.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266561AbUHFRsI (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Aug 2004 13:48:08 -0400 Message-ID: <20040806174801.39537.qmail@web14926.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 10:48:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Jon Smirl Subject: Re: DRM function pointer work.. To: Keith Whitwell Cc: Ian Romanick , Dave Airlie , "DRI developer's list" , lkml In-Reply-To: <4113BEC5.6030909@tungstengraphics.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --- Keith Whitwell wrote: > > > The key here is that distributions release new kernels at a rapid > pace. > > This is not X where we get a new release every five years. The > standard > > mechanism for upgrading device drivers in Linux is to add them to > the > > kernel and wait for a release. > > So, people have to reboot to install a new graphics driver? How > very > windows... You only have to reboot if you built drm-core into the kernel. If you don't want to reboot don't do that. > > At least with windows you don't have to re-install the whole OS > first... > > Keith > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes > on > Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? > Now, > one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source > Technology > Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com > -- > _______________________________________________ > Dri-devel mailing list > Dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel > ===== Jon Smirl jonsmirl@yahoo.com _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com