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RE: os-support/cygwin
- To: "'Alan Hourihane'" <alanh at fairlite dot demon dot co dot uk>, "Cygx (E-mail)" <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: os-support/cygwin
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:02:51 -0400
OK
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Hourihane [mailto:alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk]
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 7:59 AM
> To: Cygx (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: os-support/cygwin
>
>
> 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.
> > > >
>