[PATCH] [pixmap] rename/convert devKind and devPrivate fields

Alan Coopersmith Alan.Coopersmith at Sun.COM
Tue Oct 7 11:15:47 PDT 2008


Maarten Maathuis wrote:
> These names are supposedly historical, but everyone seems to use them
> for the same purpose.
> I am aware this may require a few minor changes to (for example) exa
> drivers with driver based memory allocations.
> I personally believe in having clear names rather than some obscure
> remnant of the past.

If you're going to rename things like this, please make sure the names
& descriptions in docs like these are updated to match:
	xorg-docs/sgml/core/Xserver-spec.sgml
	xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/DESIGN.sgml

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	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering




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