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Subject: Re: hw.machine vs hw.machine_arch
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From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
Subject: Re: hw.machine vs hw.machine_arch
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 01:24:06 -0700

> Both MIBs (ie hw.machine and machdep.ispc98) serve the same purpose
> as far as I can see, so we should be able to remove one of them
> (preferably machdep.ispc98).

Both machine and machine_arch are `i386' on PC-98 to avoid
problem of third-party applications.  If a program uses the machine
instead of the machine_arch, that program can not be used on PC-98
box.  It happens not only when a program uses sysctl, also a program
uses uname (uname returns machine instead of machine_arch.)

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