On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Michael Cree <[email protected]> wrote: > BTW, I don't think anyone has implemented the Alpha specific code for IPC. > I think firefox has to be compiled with --disable-ipc. IIRC, the > architecture specific code is a set of atomic operations, of which the > implementation probably could be based on the equivalent code in the Linux > kernel source. The is on my list of things to do but I doubt I will get > this far down my list for quite some time.
Looking at the code, this should be pretty trivial. I started looking last night, and then wondered why in the world didn't they just use gcc's atomic __builtins? They Already separate other platforms files into x86_gcc, x86_macos, and x86_msvc. Seems like all gcc platforms with atomic __builtins could be replaced with a single file. Plus, I figure that gcc having some semantic knowledge of the algorithm should allow it to produce better code, and the __builtins should of course be less fragile and prone to errors than inline assembly. Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
