Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Fri, 24 May 2002, Keith Packard wrote: > >>I submit that we need some sort of plan on how to get this mess resolved; >>I'd like to get to a state where 3D and video runs on most chips, and at >>least doesn't hang on the others. What I'd like to see is: >> >>+ The kernel driver for the tcl-0-0 branch >> >> This gives us the best chance at API compatibility into the future >> as people are able to migrate to a tcl GL library, and should >> reduce the kernel driver churn a bit. >> > > I've successfully (at least as far as I can tell) merged this into my > 2.5.x tree, already available as BK patches, and I'll make a 2.5.18 > release probably later today for non-BK people to enjoy. > > It _seems_ to be backwards-compatible (which has been a problem in the > past), so it might even be possibly to merge it back into 2.4.x, but > that's not my decision. In a 2.5.x timeframe, the merge was a no-brainer.
Linus, as this constitues a defacto release of code it's probably good to know about it when this happens... It's not a problem, but it does mark a point at which the new interfaces become public, and it's happened in a different order than the normally circuitous DRI release plan (dri-branch-->dri-trunk-->xfree-->kernel--> redhat-->user). Not that that's a bad thing as the card usually eols about halfway through that... We've made a lot of effort to improve our awareness of backwards compatibility issues and I've done a fair bit of testing there. The story doesn't really end with kernel backwards compatibility as there's no real way of saying which component (XFree-core,kernel,2d-driver,3d-driver) a user is more or less likely to upgrade than any other. We're now committed to having at 3d available and accelerated to the best ability of the combination of these components installed on any given system. Any failures due to compatibility issues that come up can hopefully be treated as coding rather than philosophical bugs. Keith And yes, I also would be very happy to see DRI cvs go away in favour of XFree86. _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
