Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 06:48:30 +0000 (UTC) From: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r354937 - head/share/man/man7 Message-ID: <201911210648.xAL6mUwL087958@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: imp Date: Thu Nov 21 06:48:30 2019 New Revision: 354937 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/354937 Log: Include MACHINE in the which variable selection to use section. Modified: head/share/man/man7/arch.7 Modified: head/share/man/man7/arch.7 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man7/arch.7 Thu Nov 21 06:44:19 2019 (r354936) +++ head/share/man/man7/arch.7 Thu Nov 21 06:48:30 2019 (r354937) @@ -347,13 +347,17 @@ Unless the make variable is defined, make universe will not build mips, powerpc, nor sparc64 architectures unless the xtoolchain binaries have been installed for the architecture. -.Ss MACHINE_ARCH vs MACHINE_CPUARCH +.Ss MACHINE_ARCH vs MACHINE_CPUARCH vs MACHINE .Dv MACHINE_CPUARCH should be preferred in Makefiles when the generic architecture is being tested. .Dv MACHINE_ARCH should be preferred when there is something specific to a particular type of architecture where there is a choice of many, or could be a choice of many. +Use +.Dv MACHINE +when referring to the kernel, interfaces dependent on a specific type of kernel +or similar things like boot sequences. .Bl -column -offset indent "Dv MACHINE" "Dv MACHINE_CPUARCH" "Dv MACHINE_ARCH" .It Dv MACHINE Ta Dv MACHINE_CPUARCH Ta Dv MACHINE_ARCH .It arm64 Ta aarch64 Ta aarch64
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