Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 15:59:14 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: doconnor@gsoft.com.au (Daniel O'Connor) Cc: jb@cimlogic.com.au, jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG, asami@hub.freebsd.org, ports@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports with asm files Message-ID: <199809040559.PAA04890@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980904151126.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> from Daniel O'Connor at "Sep 4, 98 03:11:26 pm"
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Daniel O'Connor wrote: > Yeah, maybe you're right, but I think it is a big ask for a port maintainer > (not author) to write Alpha code.. Changing the asm to support elf is a PITA > but its not hard, whereas recoding x86 assembly into alpha code would suck. I'm not asking for that. I ask people to consider structuring the port so that it can select the files to compile based on the machine architecture. If asm code for a particular architecture is not available (though it often is now that there is Linux/Alpha), the port should use generic C. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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