[PATCH 1/3] Xserver need not be compatible with old versions of xserver.

Tiago Vignatti vignatti at freedesktop.org
Fri Sep 17 06:47:58 PDT 2010


On 17 September 2010 13:18, Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> From: Jamey Sharp <jamey at minilop.net>
>> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:48:32 +0200
>>
>> Delete time-traveling multiple personality disorder from the server.
>
> IIRC, the code in hw/xfree86/modes was directly included in some of
> the video drivers.

where?


> Even if those drivers have their own copy of this code, you might want
> to leave the #ifdefs in there, to make it easier to diff the xserver
> version and the driver version.

for me this logic to check different versions of the server INSIDE THE
SERVER smells so bad.

       Tiago


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