Subject: Re: clarification between machine_arch and machine
To: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/27/2002 09:58:48
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 10:15:27AM -0500, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> -m print the machine hardware name. $MACHINE
> -p print the machine processor architecture name. $MACHINE_ARCH
>
> In most platforms they are the same right now, but I think that should be
> fixed.
>
> On solaris -m reports sun4, sun4c, sun4m, sun4d, sun4u and -p reports sparc.
> We report sparc always.
Right, "sparc" is the port name. This is like "amiga" vs. "m68k".
> The problem is that our make uses machine instead of machine_arch to
> determine what to build for.
>
> What is TRT to do?
I think TRT is to leave it just the way it is right now.
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