Re: Why no XML in the Kernel?

[jmerkey]

Dave Airlie wrote:

> > Ah. So, er, the DRM<-> userspace protocol is stable, then?
> >
> > Looks like I was working on bad assumptions (assuming the DRM and X were
> > tied). I'm not sure where those assumptions came from. Possibly just
> > that they shared a CVS repo, although I'd hope I'd had more evidence
> > than that. I realy can't recall.
> >    
>
> In theory yes, on occasion I do get bugs that break XFree86 4.3, but
> these are bugs as opposed to design decisions, upgrading the kernel
> should never require upgrading to a new  version of X or anything like
> that, however upgrading X can sometimes require a newer kernel in
> order to take advantage of newer drm features.. but X should always
> work with the older drms...
>
> Dave.
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How about putting the ability to disable graphics mode in the kernel and 
moving this capability from X, and saving the video state. Would make 
kernel debuggers work a hell of a lot better when the damn thing crashes 
in X in the kernel. At least then the screen won;t be locked up (of 
course you can type "reboot " from memory while the system is still hung 
in X).

Jeff
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