[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 30/37] dri: use correct shebang for gen-symbol-redefs.py

[Emil Velikov]

On 24 February 2017 at 12:52, Andreas Boll <andreas.boll.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2017-02-23 18:13 GMT+01:00 Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com>:
>> From: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
>>
>> This is a python2 script and the generic "python" may point to python3.
>>
>> Cc: Andreas Boll <andreas.boll.dev at gmail.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
>> ---
>> We really want to prune/rename all the conflicting entrypoints.
>>
>> In the radeon/r200 case we could even:
>>  - fold the common code to a simple place
>>  - drop the symlinks
>>  - get smaller binary size and 'compatibilty' with SVN
>>  - purge the script
>>  - ...
>>  - profit
>>
>> Andreas, any interest in tackling this ? It will drop a couple of
>> extend-diff-ignore cases in the Debian packaging :-P
>
> Ok, no promises but I can look into this if no one beats me to it.
>
I doubt anyone will ;-)

> I could start with renaming the conflicting symbols in i915.
> Which prefix do you prefer? Currently they're prefixed with old_.
>
No strong preference, here.

In theory one can use a shared/common "dri/intel" for a handful of the
common/identical parts. Not sure if the Intel devs will be keen on the
idea - just throwing it out there.

Thanks
Emil