On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 09:25:22AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > If a lot of this stuff really is that device independent, why don't we
> > move it to a separate kernel module? That would save some memory when
> > multiple DRM drivers are loaded at once.
>
> Kernel modules that depend on each other are a major pain in the butt, I
> can tell you. It's not worth it from a technical angle, and one argument
> against it has historically been that X binaries did something an "insmod
> xxx" and the people didn't want to break that by requireing multiple
> modules.
This was exactly the reason I hesitated when you first suggested that I
did exactly that for agpgart, but I figured you knew best...
for what its worth, on my hard disk at home, there's a dri cleanup
tree that is half done doing similar stuff mentioned in this thread.
My intent was just pushing the drm_agpsupport.h stuff into the kernel
proper, and having the drm modules calling that stuff instead of
inlining its own agp routines each time.
maybe I'll finish it up when I get back next week.
Dave
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