Subject: Re: config & endianness
To: Garrett D'Amore <garrett_damore@tadpole.com>
From: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/06/2006 17:38:05
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On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 08:27:36AM -0800, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> Hmm.... we now have some kernel configs in evbmips that do not make
> sense for either big or little endian.
>=20
> * OMSAL and MTX-1 are always little endian
> * forthcoming ATHEROS AR531x based systems will always be big endian
> * DBAU1XXX can be either endian (jumper selectable)
> * Malta/PB1XXX? probably also jumper selectable
>=20
> Is there a way to establish stuff in config so that:
>=20
> 1) an attempt to build a kernel with endianness that doesn't make
> sense fails in config(8), AND
I don't really understand that. How is config(1) supposed to know what
endianness it is supposed to build for? You want to flag it when it is
compiled? Currently, config(1) is arch-agnostic, i.e. you can use the
same binary for any arch.
--=20
Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea."
KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.
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