Re: [meta-fsl-arm][PATCH 0/2] Fixes for current state of 1.4

[Gary Thomas <samoht.yrag@gmail.com>]

On 2012-12-19 11:26, Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 2012-12-19 11:11, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Gary Thomas <samoht.yrag@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 2012-12-19 08:35, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Gary Thomas <samoht.yrag@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, I'm now using the yoctoproject.org repository and can see the
>>>>> recent changes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sadly though, I can't build X11 drivers - full log attached.
>>>>> | In file included from ./vivante_util/vivante_common.h:69:0,
>>>>> |                  from vivante_fbdev/vivante_fbdev_driver.c:23:
>>>>> |
>>>>>
>>>>> /home/local/imx6_poky/tmp/sysroots/sabrelite/usr/include/xorg/fbdevhw.h:50:23:
>>>>> note: declared here
>>>>> | vivante_fbdev/vivante_fbdev_driver.c:780:26: warning: assignment from
>>>>> incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
>>>>> | vivante_fbdev/vivante_fbdev_driver.c: In function 'VivCloseScreen':
>>>>> | vivante_fbdev/vivante_fbdev_driver.c:826:5: warning: passing argument 1
>>>>> of
>>>>> 'pScreen->CloseScreen' makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled
>>>>> by
>>>>> default]
>>>>> | vivante_fbdev/vivante_fbdev_driver.c:826:5: note: expected 'ScreenPtr'
>>>>> but
>>>>> argument is of type 'int'
>>>>> | vivante_fbdev/vivante_fbdev_driver.c:826:5: error: too many arguments
>>>>> to
>>>>> function 'pScreen->CloseScreen'
>>>>> | make[2]: *** [vivante_fbdev_driver.lo] Error 1
>>>>> | make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>>>>> | make[2]: Leaving directory
>>>>>
>>>>> `/home/local/imx6_poky/tmp/work/sabrelite-amltd-linux-gnueabi/xf86-video-imxfb-vivante/2_12.09.01-r20.1/xserver-xorg-video-imx-viv-12.09.01/src'
>>>>> | make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>>>>> | make[1]: Leaving directory
>>>>>
>>>>> `/home/local/imx6_poky/tmp/work/sabrelite-amltd-linux-gnueabi/xf86-video-imxfb-vivante/2_12.09.01-r20.1/xserver-xorg-video-imx-viv-12.09.01'
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas?  Maybe I've missed something else.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It seems xf86 api changes; you need to check the change in API and
>>>> prepare a patch to the driver ... otherwise I can do it ...
>>>
>>>
>>> OK, I'll look at this.  I had expected this to already work, based on
>>> the earlier comments, but no problem.
>>
>> I've researched how to make it in a flexible way and I found
>> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-geode/commit/?id=a83fcb6f84995dc50b8adffc27e264a663fbd606
>>
>> So it's adviced to use a compat-api.h header that allows it to be
>> usable in old and new Xorg API's.
>
> Thanks.  I found much the same and have already integrated this method.
> I'll send a patch for it soon.

This may take some time.  While it does now build, it immediately dies
with a segmentation violation.