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diff --git a/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/DESIGN.xml b/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/DESIGN.xml index 200990cb5..8a3047b40 100644 --- a/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/DESIGN.xml +++ b/hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/DESIGN.xml @@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ <article> <articleinfo> - <title>XFree86 server 4.x Design (DRAFT)</title> + <title>XFree86 DDX Design (Xorg server version &xserver.version;)</title> <authorgroup> - <corpauthor>The XFree86 Project, Inc</corpauthor> + <corpauthor><ulink url="http://www.xfree86.org/"> + The XFree86 Project, Inc.</ulink></corpauthor> + <corpauthor><ulink url="http://www.x.org/"> + The X.Org Foundation, Inc.</ulink></corpauthor> <othercredit> <firstname>Jim</firstname><surname>Gettys</surname> @@ -36,8 +39,11 @@ </articleinfo> <note><para> -This is a DRAFT document, and the interfaces described here -are subject to change without notice. +This document describes software undergoing continual evolution, and +the interfaces described here are subject to change without notice. +This document is intended to cover the interfaces as found in the +xorg-server-&xserver.version; release, but is probably not completely +in sync with the code base. </para></note> @@ -45,7 +51,17 @@ are subject to change without notice. <title>Preface</title> <para> -The broad design principles are: +This document was originally the design spec for the DDX layer of the +XFree86 4.0 X server. The X.Org Foundation adopted the XFree86 4.4rc2 +version of that server as the basis of the Xorg server project, and has +evolved the XFree86 DDX layer greatly since forking. This document thus +covers only the current implementation of the XFree86 DDX as found in the +Xorg server &xserver.version; release, and no longer matches the XFree86 +server itself. + </para> + + <para> +The XFree86 Project's broad design principles for XFree86 4.0 were: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>keep it reasonable <itemizedlist> @@ -86,8 +102,15 @@ The broad design principles are: </para> <para> -Unless we find major deficiencies in the DIX layer, we should avoid -making changes there. +While the XFree86 project had a goal of avoiding changes to the DIX +layer unless they found major deficiencies there, to avoid divergence from +the X.Org sample implementation they were integrating changes from, the +X.Org developers now maintain both sides, and make changes where they are +most appropriate. This document concentrates on the XFree86 DDX layer used +in the Xorg server itself (the code found in <filename>hw/xfree86</filename> +in the source tree), and developers will also want to refer to the +<filename>Xserver-spec</filename> documentation that covers the DIX layer +routines common to all the X servers in the sample implementation. </para> </sect1> |