Subject: Re: Split or don't split arm32?
To: Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 12/22/2000 12:22:16
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Ben Harris wrote:
: If nothing else, it probably means that a merged ARM MACHINE_ARCH should
: probably be called "armel" rather than "arm".
Actually, "arm" is best mostly because it follows common naming convention
in many other environments -- most notably the GNU toolchain, which we use.
"powerpc" vs. "powerpcel" is another such example of this somewhat disjoint
naming.
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