From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S937228Ab0CPAS4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:18:56 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:45723 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932779Ab0CPASv (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:18:51 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:18:37 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Ari Entlich Cc: Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 34/36] tty: Add a new VT mode which is like VT_PROCESS but doesn't require a VT_RELDISP ioctl call Message-ID: <20100316001837.GB32558@kroah.com> References: <455171.511691268697128244.JavaMail.root@zimbra> <2163366.511711268697190113.JavaMail.root@zimbra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2163366.511711268697190113.JavaMail.root@zimbra> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 07:53:10PM -0400, Ari Entlich wrote: > ----- "Greg KH" wrote: > > So, are you happy with this in Linus's tree, or do you want it > > reverted? > > The problems with this patch include: > 1. There's at least one subtlety I overlooked - switching between X servers > (i.e. from one X VT to another) still requires the cooperation of both > X servers. I was assuming that KMS eliminated this. > 2. It hasn't been tested at all (no X server patch exists which uses the > new mode). > > So yes, I think it would be wise to revert it. I'll resubmit the patch (in > a changed form or otherwise) when I've resolved these issues. > > I apologize again for being late in telling you this stuff. No problem, I'll go queue up the revert. thanks, greg k-h