stripping off "xf86-*-" from drivers
Remy Bosch
remybosch at zonnet.nl
Sat Jan 19 18:53:21 PST 2008
Dave Airlie wrote:
>> doesn't this useless piece of information bother you?
>>
>> It's not even *true* for all the drivers added lately,
>> which got this xf86- prefix just out of inertia :-)
>>
>
> All current drivers are base on the XFree86 DDX, this what the xf86 means,
>
Or replace "xf86-" with "xorg". Would make more sense IMO. The
driver/video prefixes are fine by me. They clarify their use.
Remy
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