From 976afaf98f4b1ce32003dd014cbb3c09063bcb68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: José Fonseca Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 15:56:36 +0000 Subject: gallium/docs: Document the OS module. --- src/gallium/docs/source/distro.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) (limited to 'src/gallium/docs/source/distro.rst') diff --git a/src/gallium/docs/source/distro.rst b/src/gallium/docs/source/distro.rst index 0ef9fe2645..0fabb639ad 100644 --- a/src/gallium/docs/source/distro.rst +++ b/src/gallium/docs/source/distro.rst @@ -103,6 +103,22 @@ Xorg XFree86 DDX Auxiliary --------- +OS +^^ + +The OS module contains the abstractions for basic operating system services: + +* memory allocation +* simple message logging +* obtaining run-time configuration option +* threading primitives + +This is the bare minimum required to port Gallium to a new platform. + +The OS module already provides the implementations of these abstractions for +the most common platforms. When targeting an embedded platform no +implementation will be provided -- these must be provided separately. + CSO Cache ^^^^^^^^^ -- cgit v1.2.3