Re: [git pull] drm for 3.19-rc1

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On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 12:37:52PM +1000, Dave Airlie wrote:
> > Having a quiet deprecation warning with the understanding that things
> > will stay around for *years* is fine. Although it makes me wonder how
> > much value the deprecation message really adds. I mean, why the hell
> > print a message, when the only correct thing to do is to just look at
> > and fix Xorg?
> >
> > And if you can't get Xorg fixed, then the message is kind of pointless too?
> >
> > So really, I don't see the point of even a oneliner message. You guys
> > know who the user is. There's no value in the message. Either you fix
> > the user or you don't.
> >
> > It's not like "oh, it's Xorg that uses our drm interfaces" is a big
> > surprise, is it?
> 
> Its not X.org the X server,

It is plymouthd using libkms. It affects -radeon, -nouveau and -intel
who all try to copy the fbcon created using a dumb buffer into the
Screen Pixmap.
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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