Stop hardcoding "linux" for the os module path. In order for the
Makefile.am to get the correct path, the mapping to the names used
for OS'es by the module loader was moved from #ifdef's in loader/os.c
to $host_os matches in configure.ac.
Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith
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configure.ac
On Fre, 2010-05-28 at 12:39 -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Stop hardcoding "linux" for the os module path.
Does this mean fbdevhw is used on Solaris, or indeed any other non-Linux
OS?
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Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Fre, 2010-05-28 at 12:39 -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>> Stop hardcoding "linux" for the os module path.
>
> Does this mean fbdevhw is used on Solaris, or indeed any other non-Linux
> OS?
The stubs version is, since otherwise there's unresolved fbdevHW*
symbols in mod
Alan,
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 03:53:55AM +0200, ext Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Michel Dänzer wrote:
> >
> > Does this mean fbdevhw is used on Solaris, or indeed any other non-Linux
> > OS?
>
> The stubs version is, since otherwise there's unresolved fbdevHW*
> symbols in modules that call it and
Tiago Vignatti wrote:
> And regarding the patch you sent, I think it doesn't matter the name of the os
> module dir, given fbdevhw.so is sort of "portable" due the stubs version.
> Maybe we could even move it one directory above. Yeah, the ugliness is
> reigning here! :D
As far as I know the modul
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:57:04PM +0200, ext Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>
> I also don't know any reason not to move it out of the OS-specific libdir and
> up to the generic modules directory, now that all modules there use the OS'es
> actual libc & system calls instead of the libcwrappers.
exactly
Vignatti Tiago (Nokia-D/Helsinki) wrote:
> going more in depth: why we need a loader? Seriously, distros could have all
> drivers library linked with the server anyway, which generate trash in the
> memory only when using them. So not big deal.
Only if you're ready to say f*** you to people with o
On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 03:17:26AM +0200, ext Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>
> Only if you're ready to say f*** you to people with out of tree drivers,
> whether closed source like nvidia & ati, open source like openchrome &
> Virtual Box, or just plain confused like Poulsbo. I'm not and since my
> e