linux-kernel - Re: [Bug #12608] 2.6.29-rc powerpc G5 Xorg legacy

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Date:	Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:01:13 +1100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
Cc:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Subject: Re: [Bug #12608] 2.6.29-rc powerpc G5 Xorg legacy_mem regression


> I think the correct answer is the ugly one, try again.

Well... it's a fairly recent damage in X which is why I was somewhat
hoping that it wasn't too widespread it couldn't be contained
before the kernel got butchered :-)

But I'll just stick anonymous memory in there instead, it should be
trivial enough.

> Add a new legacy_mem interface that works cleanly, update X to use it,
> leave the old
> broken one broken as it for older X to use.

:-)

Ben.


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