Scott R. Every (scott@emji.net)
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 22:31:39 -0400
--On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 10:45 AM -0700 doctor@fruitbat.org wrote:
> Scott R. Every said ...
>>
>> I've already emailed the specifics to Cort yesterday, but have not heard
>> back.
>> IMO, there is no reason why these changes can't be added to the main
>> kernel. The changes between the main kernel and the ANS stuff is only
>> 60k or so...
>>
>> very small, very easy stuff...
>
> They might look more favorably on the updates if they were submitted as
> diff patches instead of straight file replacements.
Right...I asked Cort what format he would prefer.
I haven't heard anything yet...
>
> What's missing is Doc for the ANS changes (ie: Configure.help for the
> ans-lcd and cirrus54m30fb drivers). Also, the configure prompt for the
> ans-lcd probably should be moved to the Character Devices Config.in
> instead of the ppc main config.in. Heck, perhaps the ans-lcd code should
> be moved to the drivers/char directory (it is a char device, after all).
> Also, an official major/minor device number needs to be allocate to the
> ans-lcd driver. 160 isn't an official number, if I recall.
The LCD is not as important...
any volunteers to do docs for the video and MACE changes?
s
>
>> --On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 9:05 AM -0600 Darron Froese <darron@fudgehead.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Aaron deMello wrote:
>> >
>> >> Yes, YDL is very nice but I think it's a good idea to get it into the
>> >> standard LinuxPPC distribution.
>> >
>> > This may be just my opinion, but why not just get it into the *real*
>> > kernel so that we're never orphaned. If it finally gets in the main
>> > tree then there's nothing to worry about.
>> >
>> > Cort looks like the guy to talk to, to get that done.
>> >
>> > Darron
>> > darron@fudgehead.com
>> > <http://darron.odi.ca/>
>>
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