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From: dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: New Xibm available from expo
Message-ID: <3114@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>
Date: 27 Apr 89 16:57:22 GMT
References: <10687@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> <3106@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>
Reply-To: dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer)
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
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In article <3106@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes:
>In article <10687@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> jeff@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Jeff Weinstein) writes:
>>A new version of the X server for IBM RT's running AOS 4.3 is now available
>>for anonymous ftp from expo.lcs.mit.edu.
>In rebuilding Xibm, the loader complains about an undefined symbol,
>partmasks.  It seems to be referenced by 'ddx/ibm/ppc/ppc.o', one
>of the files which are distributed in object form only.

It appears that ppc.o was modified to accomodate the Purdue speedups
and distributed in this form.  partmasks is an array which appears
only after applying the Purdue patches.  End of mystery.



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Steve Dyer
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dyer@arktouros.mit.edu