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2018-07-11imx-gpu-apitrace: add i.MX8MQ supportGary Bisson
This is pretty much a copy of the recipe from meta-fsl-bsp-release. The particularity of the i.MX8MQ is that it doesn't include a GPU2D and therefore depending on virtual/libg2d isn't possible. Signed-off-by: Gary Bisson <gary.bisson@boundarydevices.com>
2018-07-11imx-gpu-viv: Add i.MX 8 supportTom Hochstein
Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-11imx-base.inc: Add imxfbdev and imxdrm to MACHINEOVERRIDES_EXTENDERTom Hochstein
- weston uses the imxfbdev override for backend configuration - imx-gpu-viv uses the imxdrm override for dependency configuration Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-11imx-gpu-viv: fix vulkan headers issueGary Bisson
They need to be removed in favor of the standard ones. Otherwise GStreamer (or most likely other packages) throws this error: "ERROR: The file /usr/include/vulkan/vk_sdk_platform.h is installed by both vulkan and imx-gpu-viv, aborting" Signed-off-by: Gary Bisson <gary.bisson@boundarydevices.com>
2018-07-11imx-gpu-viv: add missing wayland-egl.pc copyGary Bisson
Otherwise prevents other packages to build, producing this error: | No package 'wayland-egl' found Signed-off-by: Gary Bisson <gary.bisson@boundarydevices.com>
2018-07-06libdrm: Fix typo in DEFAULT_PREFERENCEFabio Berton
Signed-off-by: Fabio Berton <fabio.berton@ossystems.com.br> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-06weston: Set DEFAULT_PREFERENCE to -1Fabio Berton
This recipe need to be set by machine using: PREFERRED_VERSION_weston = "4.0.0.imx" Signed-off-by: Fabio Berton <fabio.berton@ossystems.com.br> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-05weston-init: Fix inoperable Weston desktopTom Hochstein
For an image configured with pam and systemd, Weston apps would fail to run. For example: $ weston-terminal failed to connect to Wayland display: No such file or directory failed to create display: No such file or directory This fix is based on a proposal by Daniel Diaz to OE-core. The main part of the fix is the use of a new, manually created tty. The original proposal called weston directly, but that didn't seem to work where weston-launch did. Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-05weston-init: Remove OpenGL requirement for i.MX 6SLTom Hochstein
For parts with 2D GPU but not 3D GPU, OpenGL is not required. Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-05weston: Remove OpenGL requirement for i.MX 6SLTom Hochstein
OpenGL is not required for parts with 2D GPU but no 3D GPU. Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-05weston: Use cairo for parts with 3D GPUTom Hochstein
Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-05weston: Add G2D rendering supportTom Hochstein
Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-05weston: Set configuration for non-DRM partsTom Hochstein
Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-05weston: Use a fork for i.MXTom Hochstein
Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-05weston: Copy upstream 4.0 recipeTom Hochstein
http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/?h=master-next&id=d05a268c5069c3fb47ceed47862ba36b5f49ebd3 Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-05weston: Remove 2.0 recipeTom Hochstein
Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-05mesa-demos: Fix condition for GLES supportTom Hochstein
The condition for GLES support was incorrect and would remove GLES for parts with both 2D and 3D. Fix the condition so GLES is removed only for parts with 2D and no 3D. Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-05libepoxy: Append EGL_CFLAGS to CFLAGSFabio Berton
Add -DEGL_API_FB for non x11 distros and -DWL_EGL_PLATFORM for wayland distros. Signed-off-by: Fabio Berton <fabio.berton@ossystems.com.br> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-03mesa: Fix do_install_append_imxgpu taskFabio Berton
usr/include/KHR is a directory, remove using rm -rf command. Signed-off-by: Fabio Berton <fabio.berton@ossystems.com.br> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-07-03libdrm: Set DEFAULT_PREFERRENCE as -1Otavio Salvador
The libdrm fork should be explicitly set to be used. This reduces the risk of it being used by mistake. Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-29cogl-1.0: Use imxgpu3d overrideTom Hochstein
CoGL now depends on imxgpu3d since imxgpu2d is no longer used as "any GPU" selector. See following comment for details: imx-base.inc: Add imxgpu to MACHINEOVERRIDES_EXTENDER Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-29clutter-1.0: Use imxgpu3d overrideTom Hochstein
Clutter now depends on imxgpu3d since imxgpu2d is no longer used as "any GPU" selector. See following comment for details: imx-base.inc: Add imxgpu to MACHINEOVERRIDES_EXTENDER Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-29mesa-demos: Include glut for i.MX GPUTom Hochstein
Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-29mesa-demos: Use the new imxgpu overrideTom Hochstein
Use imxgpu override for GPU 2D or 3D condition Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-29mesa: Update to use new imxgpu overrideTom Hochstein
This makes use of new imxgpu override as future i.MX8M addition requires it as i.MX8M has 3D GPU but no 2D. Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-29mesa: Adjust install for files provided by imx-gpu-vivTom Hochstein
- Remove wayland-egl.pc - Remove KHR headers Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-29mesa: CleanupTom Hochstein
Fix variable order and remove references to non-existent packages. Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-29libdrm: Remove unused patchesOtavio Salvador
Since we are using the NXP's fork of libdrm, we can now drop the fork and as consequence the SoC architecture setting for it. Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-29libdrm: Create i.MX specific version recipe to switch to use i.MX forkYuqing Zhu
This i.MX specific version is based on v2.4.84 Signed-off-by: Yuqing Zhu <carol.zhu@nxp.com> Acked-by: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-27imx-gpu-viv: Fix ParseErrorFabio Berton
Remove extra quote to fix parser error. Signed-off-by: Fabio Berton <fabio.berton@ossystems.com.br> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-26imx-gpu-viv: Rename package for libgalTom Hochstein
Change virtual/libgal-x11 to libgal-imx since there are no other providers and it is not X11-specific. Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-26imx-dpu-g2d: Add new G2D implementation based on DPUTom Hochstein
Change-Id: Ib3114b9962a2bb89e95da8757870050c1d816abd Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-26xf86-video-imx-vivante: Remove fb from nameTom Hochstein
The driver is no longer only for framebuffer, so remove the designation from the name. Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-26xf86-video-imxfb-vivante: Update to version 6.2.4.p1.2Fabio Berton
- Remove .inc file to use only one .bb file - Update O.S. Systems License - Remove unused patch - Set SDKTARGETSYSROOT to use STAGING_DIR_HOST - Remove unnecessary CFLAGS Change-Id: I5c6c56fe2ad3bd12aa13cdc426ba6f34f441d4b7 Signed-off-by: Fabio Berton <fabio.berton@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-26imx-gpu-apitrace: Bump revision to 9281b2c2Fabio Berton
- Add O.S. Systems Software Copyright This includes the following change: - 9281b2c2 MGS-3379 [#ccc] Add more support for multilib Signed-off-by: Fabio Berton <fabio.berton@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-26imx-gpu-g2d: Update to version 6.2.4Fabio Berton
- Update license checksum to match EULA v22 April 2018. - Add O.S. Systems Software Copyright Signed-off-by: Fabio Berton <fabio.berton@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-26imx-gpu-viv: Update to 6.2.4.p1.2Fabio Berton
Key Features of the Vivante 6.x Driver Series - Full support for Khronos OpenGL ES 3.2 API. The new OpenGL ES 3.2 and OpenGL ES Shading Language 3.20 specifications bring AEP, plus additional functionality, into core OpenGL ES. Vivante OpenGL ES 3.2 implementation has passed Khronos OpenGL ES 3.2 Conformance Test. And Vivante GC7000XS* GPU core has been certified by Khronos as an OpenGL ES 3.2 compliant product. - Backward Compatible with 5.x and 4.x Drivers. Existing OpenGL ES 3.x/2.0 applications can run on these drivers without any changes. 6.2.4P1 GPU Release (8MQ GA) ======================================== Key Features ============ - OpenCL improvements - Wayland-weston DRM Support - Wayland-weston with 2D accelerated renderer - Wayland-Weston EGL DRM Modifier support - Wayland-Weston EGL Framebuffer compression - Wayland-Weston DMABUF support - OpenCV tests with OpenCL - Add GPU DRM support - GLES CTS version 3.2.4 6.2.4P1 Improvements ================== OCL: MGS-3255-34 add opencl memory optimzation OCL: MGS-3255-33 fix opencl test buffer copy failure OCL: MGS-3640 fix opencl corruption for arm_compute_library OCL: MGS-3710 SoftISP meet CL_INVALID_WORK_GROUP_SIZE (-54) on mscale and qxp OCL: cache invalidate for uncached buffer get accesing user space memory outsied uaccess.h error OCL: ovx and ocl running together EGL MGS-3711 met display blurred when run weston-nested EGL: Enable extension EGL_EXT_image_dma_buf_import_modifiers EGL: weston-nested met process aborted and core dump EGL: MGS-3399 fix wayland egl resize cts failure EGL: support direct rendering on external drm buffer EGL: MGS-3840-2 fix 6qp display flicker with fbdev test EGL: MGS-3791 imx6q shared egl context rendering issue EGL: MGS-3744 fix GC355 OpenVG flicker on wayland EGL: MA-11528 Support enable framebuffer direct rendering GLES3.0: 6QP FB have CTS failures with ESCTS 3.2.2.0 GLES: MGS-3570 glGenerateMipmap takes too much time on 5.x/6.x driver Weston: Disable surface compress if g2d-renderer GBM: Enable DRM compression for mscale board GBM: MGS-3625 6.2.4.p1: Fix xserver build break with GBM change GBM :MGS-3694 enable fb fd and tile status fd in GPU and DCSS on wayland Android:MA-11232 Enable HDR10 support on imx8mq platform. Android: MA-10844 GPU driver pass build after refine some NXP git path Android : MA-11101 Add HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_NV12_TILED format to support VPU tile QNX:iMX8QM MGS-2906 VDK app fail if it's started as the first app after screen QNX:iMX8QM MGS-3289 [iMX8] Rotation using blitter seems broken QNX:iMX8QM MGS-3338 - Deadlock seen with Screen API test QNX:iMX8QM MGS-3323 QNX -[iMX8] Fix NV12 handling iMX8QM Disable depth compression for LPDDR4 parts OCL: MGS-3848-5 OCL1.2: test_image_streams failures OCL:MGS-3832 cl_convolution of ACL cause MMU exception OVX: MGS-3579 Fix the invalid scope of VX graph for 8QM OVG: MGS-3826 met core dump and system prompt out of memory when do OpenVG memory leak test. OVG: MGS-3750 fix gc355 openvg stuck issue on 6q and 6qp OVG: MGS-3791 VGCTS failed to run on i.MX6SL wayland OGL: MGS-3570 glGenerateMipmap takes too much time on 5.x/6.x driver OGL: MGS-3741 glmark2 test met error message General: MGS-3848 refinements for pm and isr General: MGS-3840 Display resume back very slow and has snow screen after suspend and resume. General: MGS-3751 met GPU core dump when run multiple es20 sdk apps Known Issues ============ MGS-3770 [6q/6qp] can not generate correct reference file after do api retrace and sometimes met stuck - Need wayland support in waffle. will be addressed in next release MGS-3747 [6dl/6q] X11: copytex can't work after "Qt5_NMapper" app test. YOCIMX-2354 Some qt3-3d demos not work. Issue related to QTwayland in 5.8 later MGS-3739 can not pass webgl 1.0.2 CTS test. Chromium 64 known issue. Same reproduced on desktop Signed-off-by: Fabio Berton <fabio.berton@ossystems.com.br> Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-05mesa: Fix gbm provideOtavio Salvador
The gbm provide is virtual/libgbm, not gbm. Fix it. Change-Id: Iead2f2f1bc320136f9f75730e69afe8c7ec59b11 Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-06-05imx-gpu-viv: Remove version 5.0.x versionOtavio Salvador
The 5.0.x release is replaced by the new 6.0.x major releases. There is no reason to keep an untested version around. Change-Id: I08616b5c88ed1ee973ca58fd4cb1aedf506dde39 Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-03-15gtk+3: Use egl pkgconfig for build setupTom Hochstein
Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-03-15xf86-video-imxfb-vivante: Upgrade to 6.2.2.p0Tom Hochstein
Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-03-15mesa: Remove parts provided by imx-gpu-viv v6Tom Hochstein
Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-03-15imx-gpu-viv: Upgrade to 6.2.2.p0Tom Hochstein
Key Features of the Vivante 6.2.2.p0 Driver Series - Full support for Khronos Vulkan 1.0 API and WSI extension APIs Vulkan is a new generation graphics and compute API that provides high-efficiency, cross-platform access to modern GPUs used in a wide variety of devices. Vivante’s Vulkan 1.0 implementation has passed Khronos Vulkan 1.0 Conformance Test. Vivante GC7000XS* GPU core has been certified by Khronos as a Vulkan 1.0 compliant product. - Full support for Khronos OpenGL ES 3.2 API The new OpenGL ES 3.2 and OpenGL ES Shading Language 3.20 specifications bring AEP, plus additional functionality, into core OpenGL ES. Vivante OpenGL ES 3.2 implementation has passed Khronos OpenGL ES 3.2 Conformance Test. And Vivante GC7000XS* GPU core has been certified by Khronos as an OpenGL ES 3.2 compliant product. - Draw calls specifying a base vertex parameter - Floating-point framebuffers - Robust buffer access control - Support for querying CONTEXT_FLAGS, as needed by debug and robust buffer access functionality. - Khronos OpenVX 1.0.1 API - Khronos OpenCL 1.2 API Improvements 1. Added mutex protection for referencing gctSIGNAL in gckOS_MapSignal to fix a MT race issue. 2. Streamlined GPU address calculation base on MC20 (0/1) and MMU (0/1) combinations. 3. Fixed multiple Android HWC 2.0 rendering issues. Refined HWC 2.0 driver implementation. 4. Improved HWC2.0 composition performance by composing damaged regions only. 6. Enabled offline/online compiler IR assembly dump function for users. 7. Implemented the direct rendering support (no-resolve) for Wayland platform. 8. Added EGL_EXT_buffer_age extension for Wayland and fbdev platforms. 9. Updated wayland-viv protocol to support tile status sync from client to server. 10. Improved OpenCL 1.2 builtin function support with native GPU instructions. 11. Enabled OpenCL 1.2 API trace dump function controlled by VIV_TRACE environment variable. 12. Support for OpenGL4.0 13. Cleaned up driver code issues reported by Klocwork and Coverity. Changes and Bug Fixes VG3D: MGS-2972 fix 3D OpenVG render target orientation EGL: MGS-2790 6sx-sdb Met memory dump when do xwld stress test EGL: MGS-2885 fix recursive call to dequeue buffer issue on wayland EGL: MGS-2785 Meet segmentation fault when test qt5nmapper on wayland EGL: MGS-2734 fix x11 memory leak issue Gralloc:MA-9561 fix crash issue on new gralloc1 interface. 2D: MGS-2900 fix filterblt memory leak VG2D/6SL: MGS-2882 fix video memory allocator OCL: MGS-2732 clCopyImage with max_images in OCL1.1 cts, crashes. GLES: MGS-2747 enable the full config for ES3 CTS GLES: MGS-1832 fix Mirada performance issue. optimize cpu load for fence check WEBGL: MGS-2779 webgl 1.0.2 conformance test met out of memory General:MGS-2923 fix gc2000 gpu hang when flush TS cache General:MGS-2907 fix wrong cache invalidate with dma_map_area General:MGS-2902 fix wrong release_mem_region General:MGS-2848 fix gpu hang for flat mapping optimization General:MGS-2848 Optimize MMUv1 FlatMapping performances General:MGS-2857 fix spinlock in gpu kernel driver General:MGS-2805 Enable gcdENABLE_VG by default. General:MGS-2827 fix serious performance drop on imx6q General:MGS-2832 fix axi bus error with correct baseaddress General:MA-9483 Refine android native fence code to match 4.9 kernel General:MA-9473 Fix gpu random crash issue caused by NULL pointer General:MGS-2804 fix flat mapping overflow issue General:MGS-2786 fix gpu kernel panic with debugfs General:GS-2776 fix galcore device open failure General:MGS-2767 i.MX7ULP GPU suspend/resume problem Coverity:MGS-2858 Double free in __driUtilUpdateExtraDrawableInfo Known Issues OpenCL 1.1 CTS failures. Will be addresed in 6.2.3 [imx6q/imx6qp/imx6dl] Does not work if cma region is above 'base + 2G' MGS-3027 GPU: X11 manywin draw error. 100% MGS-2935 [imx6QP] X11: glxs app test some frames render incorrectly. 100% MGS-2860 [MX7ULP/imx6SLEVK] X11/Xwld: XWindow 2D Acceleration performance test met "X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)" error. 100% MGS-2829 [imx6qp/imx6d] xwld: mm06 Samurai and Proxycon performance regression comparing with L4.1 using 5.0.11p8 MGS-2310 [imx6qp/imx6dq/imx6dl/imx6sx] webgl: two items performance data is lower than L4.1_GA MGS-1828 [imx6qp_sd/imx6Q/imx6dl] X11/xwld: VGMARK on vg3d have some items performance drop comparing with L4.1 GA MGS-1350 [imx6qp-sd] X/FB: Some Basemark test items performance drop comparing with L3.14.52GA which use 5.0.11p7 Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-03-15imx-gpu-g2d: Move imx-gpu-g2d out of imx-gpu-viv v6Tom Hochstein
Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-03-15imx-gpu-apitrace: Move apitrace out of imx-gpu-viv v6Tom Hochstein
Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-02-06weston: Append EGL_CFLAGS to CFLAGS for imxgpu2dFabio Berton
When building weston for imxgpu2d machine, CFLAGS doesn't get EGL_CFLAGS value and cause the error bellow: | ../build/tmp/sysroots/imx6sl-warp/usr/include/EGL/eglvivante.h:266:2: error: #error "Platform not recognized" | #error "Platform not recognized" Signed-off-by: Fabio Berton <fabio.berton@ossystems.com.br> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2018-01-25weston: Do not force MACHINE_SOCARCH for PACKAGE_ARCHOtavio Salvador
There is no need to force the PACKAGE_ARCH as it is automatically set correctly for i.MX based machines and left unmodified otherwise. Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2017-12-18imx-gpu-viv: egl: Add alias for EGL_PLATFORM_GBM_KHROtavio Salvador
New EGL code uses EGL_PLATFORM_GBM_KHR (for example weston) and the value is the same, so we can provide an alias for it instead of patching every code using it. Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2017-12-18weston: Switch to 2.0 with i.MX forkTom Hochstein
EGL support was removed from the fbdev compositor in Weston 2.0. Add it back via an i.MX fork. This has been verified with imx-gpu-viv v6 only. Signed-off-by: Tom Hochstein <tom.hochstein@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
2017-12-18imx-gpu-viv: egl: Add alias for EGL_PLATFORM_X11_KHROtavio Salvador
New EGL code uses EGL_PLATFORM_X11_KHR (for example glmark2) and the value is the same, so we can provide an alias for it instead of patching every code using it. Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>