[Mesa-dev] 761131ce4591e5f55f38d13f2c4d2194bc9cb0fd build regression with llvm 2.8

[Adam Jackson]

On 7/21/12 5:53 AM, Jose Fonseca wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> Hi guys
>>
>> LLVM 2.8 doesn't appear to have mcjit, so we end up with no llvm libs
>> defined,
>
> Yes, mcjit is only used/necessary from llvm-3.1 onwards, so the autoconf code should check conditiionally.
>
> BTW, I'll soon commit a change that will stop using mcjit from 3.2 onwards (as with the current LLVM 3.2 trunk, AVX is supported by the old jit, which is more stable/polished).

Is there a long-term plan or theory for which jit we'll be using?  Are 
we just following upstream?  Are the problems of mcjit simply a superset 
of the problems with the old jit?

I know there are people interested in supporting other arches in 
llvmpipe, so it'd be nice if they knew what to work on.  And personally 
the gdb integration bit of mcjit sounds really appealing from a support 
perspective.

- ajax