From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jun 1 06:56:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA08700 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 06:56:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA08674 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 06:56:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA25723; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:56:48 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id PAA03876; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 15:56:31 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980601155630.19988@follo.net> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 15:56:30 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: Richard Wackerbarth , Terry Lambert Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: XANDF (was Re: Fix for undefined "__error" and discussion of shared object) References: <199805312213.PAA16988@usr06.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Richard Wackerbarth on Sun, May 31, 1998 at 09:57:05PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, May 31, 1998 at 09:57:05PM -0500, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > >I *really* look forward to the day when I can buy an XANDF Motif > >library, and use it on all my hardware, regardless of the CPU type. > >8-0. > > Aren't we really just emulating an "XANDF" machine with an XANDF->whatever > micro-code expanded inline? Where is my XANDF native machine? Having an XANDF native machine would be very strange. XANDF was designed to be a intermediate format. It can contain variations/extension for different architectures, and I'm not certain it would be feasible to execute it. You at least want to do an optimization pass as you install it; XANDF code is usually distributed with some architecture-specific code - code that is _intended_ to be dead code on other architectures. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message