[xorg-bugzilla-noise] [Bug 868] nvidia driver no longer works with current CVS

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------- Additional Comments From sndirsch at suse.de  2004-07-18 03:26 -------
[...] 
From: Kevin E Martin <martin at XFree86.Org> 
To: devel at xfree86.org 
[...] 
On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 12:59:04PM -0700, Mark Vojkovich wrote: 
> DMX unconditionally changed MAXFORMATS in misc.h which modified 
> the ScreenRec and broke binary compatiblity. No third party drivers 
> will work with XFree86 after the DMX integration.  I think it was 
> a mistake to unconditionally break binary compatibility in this way. 
> DMX should be a build option and off by default so that third 
> party drivers will still work. 
 
This can be very easily changed back, which I have now done.  In the 
future, if you find other areas where the code has caused ABI problems, 
please let me know and I will fix the problems. 
 
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CVSROOT:        /cvs/xorg 
Module name:    xc 
Changes by:     kem at pdx.        04/07/17 13:44:14 
 
Log message: 
  Revert change to MAXFORMATS to maintain binary compatibility 
 
Modified files: 
      xc/programs/Xserver/include/: 
        misc.h 
 
  Revision      Changes    Path 
  1.4           +1 -1      xc/programs/Xserver/include/misc.h 
 
        
  
  
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