[Xorg-driver-geode] current status of Geode X.org driver

[Gaetan Nadon]

On 13-10-01 11:11 AM, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> 2013/10/1 Gaetan Nadon <memsize at videotron.ca>:
>> If you are going for a round of upgrades, here are some suggestions.
>>
>> COPYING:    review the content of the file to insure it matches the
>> copyright statements in the source code (which may have changed).
>> NEWS:         review content
>> README:    review content
>> TODO:        dating from 2007. Update or delete
> Agreed.
>
>> The configure.ac file is in pristine condition. You may bump the minimum
>> autoconf versionfrom 2.59 to 2.60 like other xorg modules.
> Why not. Most distros seem to have something around 2.64 as current.
Great
>
>> You may also bump xorg-macros version from 1.4 to whatever your
>> development environment is at. This will tell developers which feature
>> they are allowed to use from xorg-macros package.
> We purposely choose to remain conservative on this aspect.
Still good.
>
>> I can help with the m4 directory, there are some pitfalls to avoid, as
>> simple as it may look.
> I borrowed the attached bits from xf86-video-intel. Does this look good?
They have a macro checked-in git in the m4 dir. You cannot have an empty
m4 dir under git control. Some project put a dummy README file but I
prefer putting a .gitignore there containing the libtool stuff to ignore:

libtool
libtool.m4
ltmain.sh
lt~obsolete.m4
ltoptions.m4
ltsugar.m4
ltversion.m4

which fits perfectly with the overall design of having of .gitignore per
directory.

Given you don't have a macro of your own in m4, you won't need
ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS} -I m4 in the toplevel makefile.
Starting automake 1.14, implementation changes make this variable obsolete.

When testing, do a fresh module clone.

While we are talking build, I have a couple of questions;

     1. Is there anything that would make it difficult for Geode to move
        up to libtool 2.2?
     2. If yes, and if the rest of xorg was to move to libtool 2.2,
        would that be a problem for building geode with libtool 1.5? (do
        you typically build geode only or do you also build other
        modules like libraries, apps, server, etc...)

Thanks!
>
> Martin-Éric
>
>
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