On Thu, 2017-11-30 at 14:20 -0500, Alex Deucher wrote: > On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Nicolai Hähnle <nhaeh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 30.11.2017 19:52, Rob Clark wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 4:21 AM, Nicolai Hähnle <nhaeh...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On 30.11.2017 01:09, Miguel Angel Vico wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It seems to me that $new_thing should grow as a separate thing > > > > > > > whether > > > > > > > it ends up replacing GBM or GBM internals are somewhat rewritten > > > > > > > on > > > > > > > top > > > > > > > of it. If I'm reading you both correctly, you agree with that, > > > > > > > so in > > > > > > > order to move forward, should we go ahead and create a project > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > fd.o? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Before filing the new project request though, we should find an > > > > > > > appropriate name for $new_thing. Creativity isn't one of my > > > > > > > strengths, > > > > > > > but I'll go ahead and start the bikeshedding with "Generic > > > > > > > Device > > > > > > > Memory Allocator" or "Generic Device Memory Manager". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > liballoc - Generic Device Memory Allocator ... seems reasonable to > > > > > > me.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cool. If there aren't better suggestions, we can go with that. We > > > > > should also namespace all APIs and structures. Is 'galloc' > > > > > distinctive > > > > > enough to be used as namespace? Being an 'r' away from gralloc maybe > > > > > it's a bit confusing? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > libgalloc with a galloc prefix seems fine. > > > > > > > > > > I keep reading "galloc" as "gralloc".. I suspect that will be > > > confusing. Maybe libgal/gal_.. or just liballoc/al_? > > > > > > True, but liballoc is *very* generic. > > > > libimagealloc? > > libsurfacealloc? > > contractions thereof? > > libdevicealloc?
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