On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 01:08:14AM +0400, Kirill Smelkov wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 01:50:04PM -0700, Keith Packard wrote: > > You're right, of course -- UMS is a huge wart on the kernel driver at > > this point, keeping it working while also adding new functionality > > continues to cause challenges. We tend to expect that most people will > > run reasonably contemporaneous kernel and user space code, and so three > > years after the switch, it continues to surprise us when someone > > actually tries UMS. > > We are planning upgrade to KMS too. The kernel is upgraded more often > compared to userspace, because of already mentioned (thanks!) "no > regression" rule. Userspace is more complex and more work in my context, > so it is lagging, but eventually we'll get there. Also wanted to say, that if whole X could be built, like the kernel, from one repo without multirepo-setup tool, with 100% reliable working incremental rebuild, etc... it would be a bit easier to upgrade X too. Sorry for being a bit offtopic, could not resist. I was keeping that though in my head for ~ 2 years already, and now had a chance to mention it. Thanks, Kirill _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
