On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Kirill Smelkov <kirr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. You don't have to rebuild all of X to use KMS. In most cases, you just need to update the ddx for your card. Alex _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
