[PATCH:libpciaccess] Solaris support for multiple PCI segments (domains)

Adam Jackson ajax at nwnk.net
Wed Mar 30 11:50:57 PDT 2011


On 3/29/11 4:49 PM, John Martin wrote:
> On 03/29/11 04:14 PM, Adam Jackson wrote:
>
>> Consider, as a counterexample, that there exist only two variables in
>> the core X server that are volatile, and yet we do a very similar
>> resize-the-array move all the time. Is this because X is broken, or is
>> this because your understanding of volatile is faulty?
>
> I understand the volatile behavior as defined by the C standard.
> I also work in an environment where different compilers and
> compile options can be used, which spurs a bit of paranoia.
> If this use of this qualifier in platform specific code is going
> to cause the community sleepless nights, I can remove it.

You're building libpciaccess, and only libpciaccess, with a compiler 
less competent than gcc 2.7?  Must be rough.

The r-b stands, feel free to merge.

- ajax


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