svga/drm: Optionally resolve calls to powf during link-time
authorThomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>
Mon, 8 Nov 2010 16:10:02 +0000 (17:10 +0100)
committerThomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>
Tue, 9 Nov 2010 11:31:25 +0000 (12:31 +0100)
When linked with certain builds of libstdc++, it appears like powf is resolved
by a symbol in that library. Other builds of libstdc++ doesn't contain that
symbol resulting in a linker / loader error. Optionally
resolve that symbol and replace it with calls to logf and expf.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>
src/gallium/targets/dri-vmwgfx/Makefile
src/gallium/targets/dri-vmwgfx/vmw_powf.c [new file with mode: 0644]

index 97c703b3739f2518099d7e135d3fb42bca1f22d6..38f78932e136db87fef797b1f9b8517be7ed8907 100644 (file)
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ PIPE_DRIVERS = \
 
 C_SOURCES = \
        target.c \
+       vmw_powf.c \
        $(COMMON_GALLIUM_SOURCES)
 
 DRIVER_DEFINES = \
diff --git a/src/gallium/targets/dri-vmwgfx/vmw_powf.c b/src/gallium/targets/dri-vmwgfx/vmw_powf.c
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..ca5e39b
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * Powf may leave an unresolved symbol pointing to a libstdc++.so powf.
+ * However, not all libstdc++.so include this function, so optionally
+ * replace the powf function with calls to expf and logf.
+ */
+
+#ifdef VMW_RESOLVE_POWF
+
+extern float expf(float x);
+extern float logf(float x);
+extern float powf(float x, float y);
+
+float powf(float x, float y) {
+    return expf(logf(x)*y);
+}
+
+#endif