From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161075AbWFKD1y (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:27:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161076AbWFKD1y (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:27:54 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com ([64.233.162.206]:25777 "EHLO nz-out-0102.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161075AbWFKD1x (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:27:53 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=QsTWspe28qGL3oUenG61GtiSra0xgY1+M1eBUqPH+OS0//UP9Rsr4aQ/0Izq6nDhCwxHlenOCJV8+y0t5O93M06v2TXUuGVCEBOqDW+JvguJ8OljGHLY5I3Y32vFnn0MrSrDagUR7Q7H+FHkV9HDXSd8wRZT1KQh6rh5eNGNWyQ= Message-ID: <9e4733910606102027o8438d55webf938dfc8495ea8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:27:52 -0400 From: "Jon Smirl" To: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] VT binding: Add new doc file describing the feature Cc: "Andrew Morton" , "Linux Fbdev development list" , "Linux Kernel Development" , "Greg KH" In-Reply-To: <448B8818.1010303@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <44893407.4020507@gmail.com> <448AC8BE.7090202@gmail.com> <9e4733910606100916r74615af8i34d37f323414034c@mail.gmail.com> <448B38F8.2000402@gmail.com> <9e4733910606101644j79b3d8a5ud7431564f4f42c7f@mail.gmail.com> <448B61F9.4060507@gmail.com> <9e4733910606101749r77d72a56mbcf6fb3505eb1de0@mail.gmail.com> <448B6ED3.5060408@gmail.com> <9e4733910606101905y6bfdff4bo3c1b1a2126d02b26@mail.gmail.com> <448B8818.1010303@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 6/10/06, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > My point is: 'Multiple active drivers feature' is a natural consequence > of the evolution of the code, but the only way to take advantage of it > is if we provide a means for the user to use it. And we are not > providing the means. I'd rather not provide the means and defer this capability to a user space implementation where we can achieve true multi-user, multi-adapter and multi-head support. The more features we add to the VT layer today, the harder it will be to replace it in the future. I'd like to keep the sysfs attributes as simple as possible because if they get too complex and flexible no one is going to know how to set them. But you're writing the code and you'll do what you think is best. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com