On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 22:29 +0200, Fabio Comolli wrote:
> Is there a reason why this patch can't go upstream?
Yes. A change of that magnitude will most certainly introduce
regressions. So we can either:
- Have it in -mm for monthes trying to iron out all of them (and we'll
miss some). And struggle also since it's hard to track subtle
regressions with very big patches.
- Have it split in smaller bits, which make it possible to bisect in
case of problem, and thus find/correct problems much faster.
That's my main issue with it at this point. But I'm ok going for route
#1 provided that you guys are willing to help with tracking regressions
down. That also mean I need to do some serious testing on powermacs
since those rely very heavily on a working radeonfb.
Ben.
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