During the MM BoF at ELC, it seemed to me that one of the things that scared
most ARM vendors away from GEM in the first place is that was perceived to be
too closely married to the rest of DRM (especially KMS).
I know that some might argue that isn't necessarily true and we can go back
and forth on that point, but I think it is still valuable to ask this question:
How feasible is it to break out the GEM portion of DRM (essentially drm_gem.c)
and put it into its own subsystem or library component for use by a DRM or
a non DRM component. What parts would a non DRM component be missing to use
GEM effectively (authentication comes to mind)?
Jordan
Hi all,
I'll be rolling out the details around the Budapest mini-summit as I
get them, so there will be more to follow. You can check out the
overall schedule here:
http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-o/
As of right now, viewing by track, the mini-summit is listed in the
"other" track, though, this may change over the next few days.
Viewing the schedule by day, we are right after lunch through the end
of the day on Monday-Wednesday (there are plenaries scheduled for
immediately after lunch, but unless there are strong objections, I'd
argue for going straight into the summit). And finally, by room, we
are in "Ond". For those that will be participating remotely, I don't
yet have the details on how to tune in to the audio channel, but the
IRC channel will be named for the room we're in; I expect to have the
rest of those details later this week or early next. I'll also be
creating a blueprint on Launchpad to hold our outline, agenda, notes,
minutes, etc. (last cycle we used "gobby" to take notes live, but
there were stability issues with the server, so we'll see how that
goes). Based upon the discussion from ELC, I would expect much of the
first day to be component/subsystem overview; I really think that will
be critical to finalizing sane requirements. These discussions do not
have to wait until Budapest. If there are questions you would like to
see answered, send them along. Also, if folks that are attending in
person could let me know directly, it would be good to get an updated
headcount of who is coming to make sure I don't need to argue for a
bigger room.
cheers,
Jesse
