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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Re: cirrus_laguna.o vs cirrus_laguna_drv.o (was: Re: User problems
From:       Egbert Eich <eich () suse ! de>
Date:       2005-01-28 20:18:26
Message-ID: 16890.40466.925749.623418 () xf14 ! local
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Daniel Stone writes:
 > On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 01:06:27PM +0100, Egbert Eich wrote:
 > > Generally, for PCI cards - and today there is hardly anything else -
 > > we may be able to create a fully generic driver loading module that 
 > > would be able to load any driver that is required. Then we don't 
 > > have to deal with these individual driver wrappers any more.
 > 
 > The goal here would seem to be portability, but you would then need to unify all
 > the options between all the drivers, unless you just want to make things *more*
 > confusing; get a Radeon with a MergedFB configuration, swap it out for a GeForce
 > or something and watch your current setup break, and scratch your head and
 > wonder why, because we aren't actually meant to reference drivers directly
 > anymore, and what driver am I actually using now -- where do I go to find out
 > which configuration options I *can* use? :)
 > 
 > Worthwhile goal, though.

It would be worthwhile to unify some options between drivers,
yes.
But the goal would be to need no options for the majority of
cases - and I claim this is true today already. For those cases 
a unified loader would be a tremendous help.

Cheers,
	Egbert.



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