RFC: drop XvMC extension #808
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@metux Could you please convert this PR to a draft since the discussion is still ongoing? |
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Drop the XvMC protocol handling code, so clients cannot access it anymore, but still leaving enough of the DDX/driver intact in order not to break the module ABI. Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <info@metux.net>
Since XvMC protocol has been removed, there's no way that XvMC images ever getting created anymore, so no point in trying to find/use one. Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <info@metux.net>
XvMC X11 extension alredy has been removed, but for ABI compatibility, we did leave the DDX side intact. Now it's time to remove that, too. This is explicitly breaking ABI: drivers that still did support XvMC need to be recompiled. Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <info@metux.net>
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This is a RFC on dropping the obsolete XvMC extension.
Since this is affecting ABI, it's done two separate iterations:
See discussion:
https://github.com/orgs/X11Libre/discussions/336