Re: Closed source userspace graphics drivers with an open source kernel component

2010-07-01 Thread Daniel Walker
On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 08:36 +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Dave Airlie wrote: > > Now this is just my opinion as maintainer of the drm, and doesn't > > reflect anyone or any official policy, I've also no idea if Linus > > agrees or not. > > > > We are going to start to

Re: Closed source userspace graphics drivers with an open source kernel component

2010-07-01 Thread Daniel Walker
On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 08:57 +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Daniel Walker wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 08:36 +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Dave Airlie wrote: > >> > Now this is just my opinion as main

Re: Closed source userspace graphics drivers with an open source kernel component

2010-07-01 Thread Daniel Walker
On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 09:37 +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > > Oh, man .. It seems like any driver model that straddles userspace and > > kernel space is kind of asking for trouble (my opinion anyway).. > > > > Would you accept a userspace component that supported some subset of the > > features ? You

Closed source userspace graphics drivers with an open source kernel component

2010-07-01 Thread Daniel Walker
On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 08:36 +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Dave Airlie wrote: > > Now this is just my opinion as maintainer of the drm, and doesn't > > reflect anyone or any official policy, I've also no idea if Linus > > agrees or not. > > > > We are going to start to

Closed source userspace graphics drivers with an open source kernel component

2010-07-01 Thread Daniel Walker
On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 08:57 +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Daniel Walker > wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 08:36 +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Dave Airlie wrote: > >> > Now this is just my opin

Closed source userspace graphics drivers with an open source kernel component

2010-07-01 Thread Daniel Walker
On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 09:37 +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > > Oh, man .. It seems like any driver model that straddles userspace and > > kernel space is kind of asking for trouble (my opinion anyway).. > > > > Would you accept a userspace component that supported some subset of the > > features ? You