[CFT] drm updates

[Robert Noland]

On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 23:07 -0700, vehemens wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 16:48 -0400, Coleman Kane wrote:
> 
> >Argh for the Linuxization of the DRM code.
> 
> Well to be fair, the BSD's haven't been doing their share for a while.  All 
> this net/open work in "my own repro" hasn't helped either.
> 
> The inclusion of the intel gem code was actually a good thing as the multiple 
> branch linux work was a disorganized mess at best.
> 
> It also seems to of generated more traffic on this list then I have seen in a 
> long time (wake-up call?).

Yes, there is more work to do than I can do alone... Any help is greatly
appreciated.

> On a side note, intel just eliminated any reason for a BSD user to buy any of 
> their new hardware.  yea??

I'm frustrated, but intel has been fairly good about giving up docs and
licensing of code that they write.  I don't think that they are actively
trying to alienate us, they are just trying to take advantage of the
latest linux kernel bits and make it easier for them to merge into
linux.  I'm not sure that it is going to work out all that well for them
(the linux folks) either though.  For now, it's all still up in the air,
so I don't know what will happen with the repo's.  As far as gem and
mode-setting go, intel has been working hard to get those features done
for linux, and while I don't forsee them helping us with our code, they
aren't actively working against us either...

robert.

> Personally I really haven't cared to much about git master usability as I'm 
> waiting for radeon dri2 and r600 support.
> 
> Having said all of that, I'll add that I'm hoping to get a commit bit soon 
> given that I have a number of local patches that reduces the unnecessary 
> differences (that's the plan anyway).
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Robert Noland <rnoland at 2hip.net>
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