Re: machine/platform separation

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
>     OLD			NEW
>
>     MACHINE_ARCH	BUILD_CPU	i386	cpu architecture
>     MACHINE		BUILD_MACHINE	i386	machine ABI

but how does the machine abi differ from the cpu arch?  i mean, which headers go to machine instead of cpu?

>     			BUILD_PLATFORM	pc32	platform build

so it seems i can't convice you to use "i386" for the platform?  the problem is that there are a myriad place in the source tree which check for i386, or worse, use i386 as a part of the path.  repo-moving all of this to pc32 seems totally unnecessary and wrong.  just have a look at usr.sbin or how man handles the pathnames.  this renaming is a pain in the ass once you look outside the kernel.

cheers
 simon

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