On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 06:01:54PM +0100, Keith Whitwell wrote: >Thirdly, and this isn't really the patch's problem, it raises for me again the >question: Wouldn't we be better off using straight gnu assembler syntax, >rather than the somewhat tortured macros in there currently?
It's a portability thing, and the macros are there so that other assemblers can be used. I often find that things in this areas need to be fixed from time to time when I'm doing Solaris test builds. Even gcc on Solaris doesn't use the GNU assembler, so having it installed on platforms like Solaris wouldn't be too common. Then there's 'nasm', which uses the Intel-style syntax, and I think someone had an interest in using that at some point. David -- David Dawes Founder/committer/developer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
