[Lf_driver_backport] [ANN] compat-drm tree

Ozan Çağlayan ozancag at gmail.com
Fri Jun 29 03:35:58 PDT 2012


> Given that the compat module is shared, and a quite a bit of other
> code / style is shared, and I'd love to see us start to formalize
> documenting collateral evolutions on the kernel in one place I'd like
> to propose to you merging this into compat-wirless and we then rename
> the project to compat-drivers, with you maintaining the drm
> components. This also gives us an already established quick outlet for
> redistribution as well. What do you think?

Okay, this makes sense.

>
> Some comments:
>
> In the patches/ directory if you can add a description on the top of
> each patch explaining *why* that collateral evolution was not
> backportable through compat it would help. It sets the standard for
> others introducing similar types of patches.

Ah I forgot about this :)

>
> For patches/00-vga_switcheroo_client_ops.patch:
>
> I wonder if you may be able to get rid of this patch. The attached
> patch is an RFC patch for compat.git which explains how I'm thinking
> this may be possible, I don't have time to test it but let me know
> what you think.

Okay will test and try to drop the patch as well.

Thanks :)

-- 
Ozan Çağlayan


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