Final split of -ati wrapper and -radeon?

David Nusinow dnusinow at speakeasy.net
Sat Mar 1 09:38:40 PST 2008


On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 10:12:27PM +0500, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> > Now that -mach64 and -r128 are separate drivers, is there any reason to 
> > still keep the ati wrapper and the radeon driver in the same tree?
> > 
> > Seeing from the commits for mach64 and r128, it seemed like there is 
> > just a tiny bit of busywork left to make this final split reality.
> 
> Sorry for my ignorance, but why is this wrapper needed at all, especially after 
> pci-rework? I mean, the needed PCI IDs are already present in the individual 
> drivers, and the module autoloader can use them.

The module autoloader hasn't been merged yet. I think the code is pretty
good right now, but I'm waiting for a little more review from ajax or any
one else managing the release before doing so.

 - David Nusinow



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