Re: os-support/cygwin

[Alan Hourihane <alanh at fairlite dot demon dot co dot uk>]

Right.

That's why we can safely remove it. I can do that directly in CVS for you.

Alan.

On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 07:47:42AM -0400, Harold Hunt wrote:
> Hmm... I should have looked the os-support directory, as I just noticed that
> nothing is being done, i.e. the Makefile is not generated in os-support, and
> no compilation takes place in os-support or any subdirectories.  Therefore,
> removing the directory will have absolutely no effect :)
> 
> Harold
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Suhaib Siddiqi [mailto:ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com]
> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 7:02 AM
> > To: 'Harold Hunt'; Cygx (E-mail)
> > Subject: RE: os-support/cygwin
> >
> >
> > ok remove it on your PC
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Harold Hunt [mailto:huntharo@msu.edu]
> > > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 6:43 AM
> > > To: Cygx (E-mail)
> > > Subject: RE: os-support/cygwin
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm gonna go with Alan on this one.  We don't build the
> > > XFree86 server, we
> > > build the sample server with our own hardware layer.
> > > hw/xfree86/os-support/cygwin looks to me like an early, and
> > abandoned
> > > attempt to build an X server for Cygwin using the bulk of
> > the XFree86
> > > hardware layer; of course, there is no way that could work,
> > > as our server
> > > cannot have direct access to the hardware.
> > >
> > > In fact, the files in hw/xfree86/os-support/cygwin are quite
> > > clearly copied
> > > from another os-support directory with only the names of
> > the functions
> > > changed.  Tell me how a function like
> > > hw/xfree86/os-support/cygwin/cygwin_video.c/newMapping() is
> > > going to be even
> > > close to operating on Windows; as soon as somebody explains
> > > that to me, I'll
> > > eat my words :)
> > >
> > > Harold
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> > > > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Alan
> > > > Hourihane
> > > > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 6:37 AM
> > > > To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> > > > Subject: Re: os-support/cygwin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 06:31:34AM -0400, Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> > > > > Yes, It needs to be there./  It is a just a dummy crap
> > to support
> > > > > cygwinArchitecture.  Do not remove it yet please, you might
> > > > break a bunch of
> > > > > imake
> > > >
> > > > Eh ?
> > > >
> > > > >From what I can see you never enter the hw/xfree86 directory
> > > > to build any
> > > > of that stuff. What would it break ?
> > > >
> > > > Alan.
> > >