XOrg 7.0 module writing

[Jan Eidtmann]

Am Montag, 27. Februar 2006 12:37 schrieb Moritz Heiber:
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:30:41 +0100
>
> Jan Eidtmann <cmak at lunar-linux.org> wrote:
> > Am Montag, 27. Februar 2006 09:08 schrieb Moritz Heiber:
> > > Jan,
> > >
> > > please PLEASE P L E A S E (!) read the DETAILS.in the next time to
> > > you ANY modifications on the new XOrg 7.0 modules. Your newest
> > > commits do add several tools but they also break $X11R7_PREFIX as
> > > you didn't honor that prefix AT ALL!
> > >
> > > Secondly, please don't comment old stuff like you did in the
> > > xorg-server module! And whats it with the reason "works better with
> > > dri"??!! You should've asked either Elangelo or me FIRST .. or at
> > > least you could've provided a link that actually states "6.4.2 is
> > > broken .. use 6.4.1"!.
> >
> > mesa 6.4.1 was used when xorg 7.0 was released...and i read its
> > required...im not sure if thats really the case though...its a minor
> > update so it doesnt really matter if its 1 or 2...heh
>
> Exactly my point.
>
> > > The linux-dri-86 module is absolutely useless as we have mesa-lib
> > > for it in zbeta already. Moreover, the DRI drivers are built along
> > > with xorg-server now (thats what the MESA sources are for!).
> >
> > the xorg-server module doesnt build any libGL or dri drivers. Mesa
> > can be build as "normal" gl lib or as gl lib with dri enabled. so for
> > dri we need something like the linux-dri-x86 (my module is a good
> > start).
>
> Did you even read what I wrote? mesa-lib (the module!) does the exact
> same thing as your linux-dri-x86 module. And it does it in a sane and
> portable way.
>

but i want it assembly optimized drivers for my x86! :)

> I would really like you to remove the linux-dri-x86 module. Its
> duplicated work .. and I'd like to keep it simple.
>

its not duplicate...the mesa-lib doesnt install any dri driver
i think we should have another mesa-lib-dri for users that use the drm and 
open source dri drivers. something with asking the users what dri drivers to 
install like in xorg would be nice. DRI_DIRS="$DRIVERS_SELECTED"

> > > I'm asking you seriously that you should really KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
> > > DOING before you do anything else in the future ..
> >
> > talking to yourself? :P
>
> No, I'm talking to you! This hasn't been the first time you were doing
> something without asking ANYBODY hosing weeks of work. I know that you
> might be a good module writer. But please ASK before you commit to
> somebody else's work .. and be sure about what you're doing. Period.
>

okok, changing xorg-server was bad. sorry.

> Moritz