[Intel-gfx] [RFC i-g-t v3 08/13] lib/stubs: Add stubs for intel_bufmgr.

[Daniel Vetter]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 02:41:29PM +0100, Emil Velikov wrote:
> On 21 June 2016 at 13:50, Marius Vlad <marius.c.vlad at intel.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 03:52:35PM +0100, Emil Velikov wrote:
> >> Hi Rob,
> >>
> >> A couple of nitpicks and a case of missing git add :-)
> >>
> >> On 15 June 2016 at 10:51,  <robert.foss at collabora.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > +if HAVE_LIBDRM_INTEL
> >> > +else
> >> > +    libintel_tools_la_SOURCES +=       \
> >> > +        stubs/drm/intel_bufmgr.c       \
> >> > +        stubs/drm/intel_bufmgr.h
> >> > +endif
> >> > +
> >> I believe I mentioned if before - please use the following construct
> >>
> >> if !HAVE_LIBDRM_INTEL
> >>     libintel_tools_la_SOURCES +=       \
> >>         stubs/drm/intel_bufmgr.c       \
> >>         stubs/drm/intel_bufmgr.h
> >> endif
> >>
> >> >  AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)
> >> >  AM_CFLAGS = $(CWARNFLAGS) $(DRM_CFLAGS) $(PCIACCESS_CFLAGS) $(LIBUNWIND_CFLAGS) $(DEBUG_CFLAGS) \
> >> >             -DIGT_SRCDIR=\""$(abs_top_srcdir)/tests"\" \
> >> > diff --git a/lib/stubs/drm/README b/lib/stubs/drm/README
> >> > new file mode 100644
> >> > index 0000000..dec6a1d
> >> > --- /dev/null
> >> > +++ b/lib/stubs/drm/README
> >> > @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
> >> > +intel_bufmgr.h is a copy the file provided in libdrm (intel/intel_bufmgr.h).
> >> > +
> >> s/copy the file provided in/local copy of the file provided by/
> >>
> >> Sadly that's not the case atm. There's a fair few changes in the local 'copy'.
> >> Perhaps you forgot to git add ?
> >>
> >> > +Before releasing i-g-t a current copy of intel_bufmgr.h should be copied into
> >> > +this directory of i-g-t.
> >
> > Auch, but synchronizing this wouldn't be a nightmare? I mean stubs
> > might be added/removed in the future.
> >
> Maybe slightly annoying, but definitely not nightmare. As with any
> other library one _cannot_ remove API without bumping major (and/or
> changing the library name), so things should be fine on that regard.
> Guess one should stress that intel_bufmgr.h should be copied from the
> latest libdrm release and
> 
> >>
> >> Thinking about it... I'm not sure that the release manager will find
> >> this note here :-\
> >>
> >> Daniel V, Marius, do you guys have a tick-off list somewhere where
> >> this could be added ?
> >
> > README and NEWS. Don't know of any other.
> >
> Can I ask that you/Daniel can update those ? I'm afraid

Instead of documenting, can't we enforce this with an autobuilder which
runs with the stubbed-out libdrm always? Collabora has such a thing I
heard ;-)

Imo trying to fix up the build for releases is way too late, we should
never have a broken build. Or at least not for long.
-Daniel
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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
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