Re: DRM function pointer work..

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Sat Aug 07 2004 - 09:50:58 EST


On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 02:31:07PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> And thats one of the big reasons its such a mess and doesn't work out.
> Nobody is testing or reviewing it until some huge "merge point" occurs
> at which point you run the risk of people saying "Actually your design
> sucks", or in the 2.6 case finding out too late so that there is a patch
> kit to upgrade your 2.6 to the 2.4 console driver

Sorry, but the reason for the fbdev mess is that James is completely unable
to do proper project managment. The model works fine for every other kernel
subsystem.
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