[PATCH 3/6] xf86drmMode: Make atomic request structures visible

Emil Velikov emil.l.velikov at gmail.com
Thu Aug 20 09:23:09 PDT 2015


On 19 August 2015 at 01:58, Hyungwon Hwang <human.hwang at samsung.com> wrote:
> This patch makes 'struct _drmModeAtomicReqItem' and 'struct
> _drmModeAtomicReq' visible from outside. This is needed for userspace
> applications to use those structures when calling drmModeAtomicCommit().
>
Hmmm what is missing in the current API, that one needs direct access
to the structs ? If we expose these to the user we'll be putting a
(ABI) hedgehog down our pants (i.e. it might be ok, but will likely
result in a very painful experience).

Thanks
Emil


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