From: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
To: "Jon Smirl" <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Cc: "Jeff Garzik" <jeff@garzik.org>,
"Jesse Barnes" <jesse.barnes@intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] enhancing the kernel's graphics subsystem
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 18:56:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200705211856.56228.jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910705211726q38be6843ndac49f8adc25aad0@mail.gmail.com>
On Monday, May 21, 2007, Jon Smirl wrote:
> I am not asking that these features be implemented today. I am asking
> that enough planning go into the architecture today to make sure that
> these features can be built in the future without tearing up the
> graphics system for a third time.
>
> This is the essence of my complaint about this patch. The patch
> introduces a new low level graphics API to the kernel. Once we put an
> API in it is basically impossible to get it back out. I am not
> convinced that enough planning has gone into this API yet.
Jon, that's why I'm posting this stuff in the first place! :) Again, if
you have specific problems with the proposed interfaces (problems that
would preclude your wishlist from being fully implementable), please let
me know (preferably with specifics).
Thanks,
Jesse
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-22 1:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 100+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-17 21:23 Jesse Barnes
2007-05-17 22:32 ` [PATCH 1/3] allow console unregistration Jesse Barnes
2007-05-17 22:47 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-17 23:23 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2007-05-18 0:56 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-22 21:43 ` [PATCH 1/2] " Jesse Barnes
2007-05-23 0:49 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2007-05-22 21:44 ` [PATCH 2/2] make fbcon unregister when unloaded Jesse Barnes
2007-05-22 22:05 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-05-22 22:14 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-23 0:47 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2007-05-30 0:00 ` [PATCH 1/3] allow console unregistration Antonino A. Daplas
2007-05-30 6:26 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2007-05-17 22:37 ` [PATCH 2/3] drm modesetting core Jesse Barnes
2007-05-17 22:48 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-17 23:41 ` Luca Tettamanti
2007-05-18 1:04 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-18 19:33 ` Luca Tettamanti
2007-05-18 21:06 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-17 22:40 ` [PATCH 3/3] Intel support for DRM modesetting Jesse Barnes
2007-05-17 22:48 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-20 17:42 ` [RFC] enhancing the kernel's graphics subsystem Jon Smirl
2007-05-20 23:10 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-21 0:47 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 1:29 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-21 15:34 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 16:15 ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-05-21 15:09 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-21 16:01 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 16:14 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-21 16:34 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-21 17:05 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 17:14 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 17:29 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 17:42 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 17:47 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 18:04 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 18:44 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 19:10 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 19:20 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 23:24 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-22 0:08 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 0:20 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-21 23:21 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-22 0:35 ` Alan Cox
2007-05-22 0:33 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-22 0:45 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 0:56 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 8:21 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-22 8:07 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-22 8:16 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-22 8:27 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-22 16:06 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 16:19 ` Alan Cox
2007-05-22 16:34 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-22 0:15 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-21 17:32 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-21 23:18 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-22 0:26 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 1:56 ` Jesse Barnes [this message]
2007-05-22 14:27 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 14:35 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-22 15:13 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 17:25 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-22 19:58 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-28 20:12 ` Pavel Machek
2007-05-28 20:57 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-29 14:26 ` Pavel Machek
2007-05-29 16:51 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 14:54 ` Alan Cox
2007-05-22 15:16 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 15:46 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-22 16:02 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 16:14 ` Alan Cox
2007-05-22 16:15 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-22 16:32 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 16:35 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-22 16:51 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-22 15:59 ` Matthew Garrett
2007-05-21 16:16 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 8:27 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 9:09 ` Helge Hafting
2007-05-21 9:27 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 9:44 ` Helge Hafting
2007-05-21 15:57 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-21 16:07 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 16:27 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 16:50 ` Xavier Bestel
2007-05-22 0:09 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-22 0:51 ` Keith Packard
2007-05-22 2:48 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-22 15:39 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-22 23:26 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-22 23:36 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-23 0:40 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2007-05-23 12:19 ` Helge Hafting
2007-05-22 16:29 ` Philipp Klaus Krause
2007-05-22 16:57 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-22 18:18 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-22 2:56 ` l l
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