diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
index 0eaf68273eaf..3e4e670d3216 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
 #include "ttm/ttm_execbuf_util.h"
 #include "ttm/ttm_module.h"
 
-#define VMWGFX_DRIVER_DATE "20100118"
-#define VMWGFX_DRIVER_MAJOR 0
-#define VMWGFX_DRIVER_MINOR 9
+#define VMWGFX_DRIVER_DATE "20100209"
+#define VMWGFX_DRIVER_MAJOR 1
+#define VMWGFX_DRIVER_MINOR 0
 #define VMWGFX_DRIVER_PATCHLEVEL 0
 #define VMWGFX_FILE_PAGE_OFFSET 0x00100000
 #define VMWGFX_FIFO_STATIC_SIZE (1024*1024)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_resource.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_resource.c
index 933e90d82866..f8fbbc67a406 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_resource.c
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@
 #define VMW_RES_SURFACE ttm_driver_type1
 #define VMW_RES_STREAM ttm_driver_type2
 
-/* XXX: This isn't a real hardware flag, but just a hack for kernel to
- * know about primary surfaces. Find a better way to accomplish this.
- */
-#define SVGA3D_SURFACE_HINT_SCANOUT (1 << 9)
-
 struct vmw_user_context {
 	struct ttm_base_object base;
 	struct vmw_resource res;
@@ -579,6 +574,7 @@ int vmw_surface_define_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	srf->flags = req->flags;
 	srf->format = req->format;
+	srf->scanout = req->scanout;
 	memcpy(srf->mip_levels, req->mip_levels, sizeof(srf->mip_levels));
 	srf->num_sizes = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < DRM_VMW_MAX_SURFACE_FACES; ++i)
@@ -604,17 +600,6 @@ int vmw_surface_define_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (unlikely(ret != 0))
 		goto out_err1;
 
-	if (srf->flags & SVGA3D_SURFACE_HINT_SCANOUT) {
-		/* we should not send this flag down to hardware since
-		 * its not a official one
-		 */
-		srf->flags &= ~SVGA3D_SURFACE_HINT_SCANOUT;
-		srf->scanout = true;
-	} else if (req->scanout)
-		srf->scanout = true;
-	else
-		srf->scanout = false;
-
 	if (srf->scanout &&
 	    srf->num_sizes == 1 &&
 	    srf->sizes[0].width == 64 &&
diff --git a/include/drm/vmwgfx_drm.h b/include/drm/vmwgfx_drm.h
index dfaf3c2d2c8e..c7645f480d12 100644
--- a/include/drm/vmwgfx_drm.h
+++ b/include/drm/vmwgfx_drm.h
@@ -303,15 +303,23 @@ union drm_vmw_surface_reference_arg {
  * to the nearest kernel tick.
  * @fence_rep: User-space address of a struct drm_vmw_fence_rep cast to an
  * uint64_t.
+ * @version: Allows expanding the execbuf ioctl parameters without breaking
+ * backwards compatibility, since user-space will always tell the kernel
+ * which version it uses.
+ * @flags: Execbuf flags. None currently.
  *
  * Argument to the DRM_VMW_EXECBUF Ioctl.
  */
 
+#define DRM_VMW_EXECBUF_VERSION 0
+
 struct drm_vmw_execbuf_arg {
 	uint64_t commands;
 	uint32_t command_size;
 	uint32_t throttle_us;
 	uint64_t fence_rep;
+	 uint32_t version;
+	 uint32_t flags;
 };
 
 /**