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authorMichael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>2011-08-25 18:37:05 +0000
committerMichael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>2011-08-29 19:30:45 +0000
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DocBook/drm: Replace the paragraph's first sentence with its last sentence
Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl12
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
index eb28cc02d41b..9eda9b6df51d 100644
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@@ -269,8 +269,10 @@
initial output configuration.
</para>
<para>
- Note that the tasks performed at driver load time must not
- conflict with DRM client requirements. For instance, if user
+ If compatibility is a concern (e.g. with drivers converted over
+ to the new interfaces from the old ones), care must be taken to
+ prevent device initialization and control that is incompatible with
+ currently active userspace drivers. For instance, if user
level mode setting drivers are in use, it would be problematic
to perform output discovery &amp; configuration at load time.
Likewise, if user-level drivers unaware of memory management are
@@ -279,11 +281,7 @@
needs to be taken to keep both old and new applications and
libraries working. The i915 driver supports the "modeset"
module parameter to control whether advanced features are
- enabled at load time or in legacy fashion. If compatibility is
- a concern (e.g. with drivers converted over to the new interfaces
- from the old ones), care must be taken to prevent device
- initialization and control that is incompatible with
- currently active userspace drivers.
+ enabled at load time or in legacy fashion.
</para>
<sect2>