[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 5/8] android: add Android.mk for llvmpipe

[Emil Velikov]

On 16 January 2017 at 19:50, Ilia Mirkin <imirkin at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> What's the problem with using GALLIUM_DRIVER=softpipe /
> GALLIUM_DRIVER=llvmpipe to select between them?
>
Will work, but has the "update existing users" drawback.
Afaict neither scons nor autotools uses such approach, so I'd rather
keep things symmetrical, where possible.

> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:24 PM, Zhen Wu <wuzhen at jidemail.com> wrote:
>> Thank you for your review. Emil. It sounds like renaming swrast to softpipe
>> is not a good idea, Inspired by your second question, perhaps a new
>> MESA_ENABLE_LLVMPIPE would allow us to maintain backward compatibility and
>> keep the ability to switch between softpipe/llvmpipe. How does this sound?
>>
I'm fine with MESA_ENABLE_LLVMPIPE. It will make the use of LLVM
opt-in (i.e. existing users will just work) plus the build glue should
be less.

Thanks
Emil