[PATCHv2 0/6] fbdevhw cleanup and pciaccess free

Vignatti Tiago (Nokia-D/Helsinki) tiago.vignatti at nokia.com
Thu Jun 3 02:16:15 PDT 2010


Hi,

On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 02:22:29PM +0200, Vignatti Tiago (Nokia-D/Helsinki) wrote:
> 
> Here's some trivial cleanup of the fbdevhw module. Just like my last patch
> series I sent to the list, this one also removes PCI related symbols from a
> given module - fbdevhw in this case - and puts in a meaningful place [0]. 
> 
> >From patch set version 1, only patch #5 and #6 changed: myself and Michel
> exchanged some messages discussing about the removal or not of the secondary
> way to match fb <-> PCI. Given stills obscure its real need, I just left the
> code there, changing the location only.
> 
> Mark Kettenis and Alan pointed about the file location of the new
> xf86PciOpenFbdev function, which went to OS specific place.
> 
> Besides, Mark Kettenis complained about patch #2. I still don't believe anyone 
> uses this kind of debugging so I left intact the patch there. But I can be 
> wrong though.

If someone wants to give a try on this patchset, it was just rebased on the
current master and lives here:

    http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~vignatti/xserver/log/?h=fbdevhw-cleanup
    git://anongit.freedesktop.org/~vignatti/xserver fbdevhw-cleanup


Thanks,

             Tiago


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