Btw, the patch I referred to "just dropping dead code" which I proposed omitting, is discussed in more detail here:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.xorg.devel/1945
In short, the motivation for dropping the dead code is because it exposes a section of server memory to clients to mmap, which is not safe. In addition, the code has been non-functional for the FOSS drivers for about two years.
Btw, the patch I referred to "just dropping dead code" which I proposed omitting, is discussed in more detail here:
http:// article. gmane.org/ gmane.comp. freedesktop. xorg.devel/ 1945
In short, the motivation for dropping the dead code is because it exposes a section of server memory to clients to mmap, which is not safe. In addition, the code has been non-functional for the FOSS drivers for about two years.