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From: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Two Junior Kernel Hacker tasks..
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In-Reply-To: <200106221842.f5MIgaV58508@harmony.village.org>; from imp@harmony.village.org on Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:42:36PM -0600
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On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:42:36PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> Please use ${MACHINE}, not ${MACHINE_ARCH}.  That way I can build
> GENERIC for both i386 and pc98 at the same time without resorting to
> the GENERIC98 hack I use now.
... 
> I'd be up for doing this, so long as I got to choose where to build
> into :-)
> 
> 	sys/arch/${MACHINE}/compile/FOO
> 
> but that would start the arch bikeshed.  I'd love to just do it.


Which is another good reason for sys/compile/${MACHINE}/FOO
Otherwise where DOES the pc98 kernel builds happen?  Under the
non-existant sys/pc98/ ?
 
> With powerpc, we are going to have a lot of different ports ala
> i386/pc98 (that have the same MAHINCE_ARCH, but different MACHINE) if
> NetBSD is any indication.

Even more data that IMHO makes sys/compile/${MACHINE}/FOO make more
sense.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)

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