Ian Romanick wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Thomas Hellström wrote: > >> Ian Romanick wrote: >> MichaÅ Król wrote: >> >> >>>>> Module: Mesa >>>>> Branch: master >>>>> Commit: a7d42e11b4e97f19eaeb3b5ee811f04adb05b13d >>>>> URL: >>>>> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=a7d42e11b4e97f19eaeb3b5ee811f04adb05b13d >>>>> >>>>> Author: Michal Krol <mic...@vmware.com> >>>>> Date: Mon Mar 16 13:07:22 2009 +0100 >>>>> >>>>> gallium: Implement atomic interface for windows user mode subsystem. >>>>> >>>>> >> Is there a particular reason to re-invent the wheel instead of just >> using libatomic_ops? It's available on all the platforms we're likely >> to ever care about. >> >> >>> Ian, >>> I posted the original patch for review last friday, and got a couple of >>> hints pointing to >>> complete and proven implementations. I had missed this one. >>> > > Er... you posted on Friday and expected people to magically respond over > the weekend??? ur doin it wrong. :) >
Isn't friday evening and the weekend when everybody else is having beer the best chance of catching the attention of mesa programmers :) ? > >>> I do think, however, that for libatomic_ops, people might have issues >>> with the GPL license. >>> > > I do agree that the use of GPL libraries in Mesa is, at this point, at > least a little objectionable. However, the core of libatomic_ops is MIT > licensed: > > But then, if we can't use the library as is, due to the overall GPL license, and are only going to cut out a mit-licensed subset, I'd be inclined to suggest that we keep the current API, using libatomic_ops to steal implementations with proper crediting? /Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Mesa3d-dev mailing list Mesa3d-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mesa3d-dev
