Subject: Re: __archname__ [as C feature-test ]
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 01/15/1999 17:42:29
Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU> writes:
> I'd thought Core (Jason, at the time, iirc) had indicated we should.
> I know ld.elf_so used to use #ifdef {__alpha__,__i386__,__mips__}.
> 
> Whats the new rule?

those are the user-land symbols used to distinguish MACHINE_ARCH.

in the kernel, $MACHINE is supposed to be defined by the kernel
makefile, in addition to whatever other defines exist.


at least, that's the way it's historically been.


cgd
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