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RE: Beta version of new X-server
- To: "Chris Faylor" <cgf at cygnus dot com>, "Cygwin-Xfree at Sourceware dot Cygnus. Com" <cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: Beta version of new X-server
- From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at InspirePharm dot Com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 15:51:00 -0500
It has a lot of Intel ASM code which compiles only with Windows NT DDK. GCC
cannot handle it.
Only devices drivers needs to be compiled with MSVC and NTDDK. X-server
compiles with
GCC. The Xserver code has a libget_surf library code which would link to
the devices
drivers (xfddx.dll).
Well, the warning to use MSVC is for end-users, of course, I am sure, GCC
gurus like Mumit Khan
may prove us wrong.
Suhaib
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com]On Behalf Of Chris
> Faylor
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 3:54 PM
> To: Cygwin-Xfree@Sourceware. Cygnus. Com
> Subject: Re: Beta version of new X-server
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 03:38:10PM -0500, Suhaib M. Siddiqi wrote:
> >XFDDX driver access Windows default Display video adapter
> therefore Cygwin
> >compilers are not suited
> >for it. Without MSVC and NTDDK, please do not atempt to compile
> the drivers
> >code.
>
> What are the problems with using a cygwin gcc to compile this? Is gcc
> unable to use the SDK headers and libraries?
>
> cgf