Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:20:07 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: mdf@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: arch-specific directories Message-ID: <20100617.152007.59640143227150173.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilFBdzdlf2ZcnHN6_ygiw8qkEAJX-G-R6uSF55K@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTilFBdzdlf2ZcnHN6_ygiw8qkEAJX-G-R6uSF55K@mail.gmail.com>
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mdf@FreeBSD.org writes:
: This is as much as request for information as a suggestion.
:
: I am wondering of the current layout of sys/<arch> make sense given
: that in several cases the only difference between two "arch" is the
: bitness, e.g. powerpc and powerpc64. The 64-bit version supports a
: few new instructions, but in many cases is the same. The same issue
: exists with i386/amd64 but because both have been supported for a long
: time the have full arch separation. However, there has been some
: movement of files that are common between i386 and amd64 into a common
: x86 directory.
:
: So what I'm wondering is it it makes more sense to have files broken
: up more like:
:
: sys/<arch> for common file between bitness
: sys/<arch>/32
: sys/<arch>/64 for files that are specific to the bitness
What files would these be for powerpc? I thought Nathan's stuff was
common. i know that on MIPS they are common...
: This would presumably serve at least powerpc and i386/amd64 well, and
: though I don't know for sure I assume at the moment that it works for
: sun/sparc as well.
:
: So... is this reasonable? Or does the existence of ia64 throw a
: monkey wrench into this layout? Is it not worth the shuffle (though
: I'd argue that, if we're moving some files to x86 and creating a new
: powerpc64 that it's better to consider now than later).
we're not creating a new sys/powerpc64, I don't think. That's why
nathan's work depends on my tbemd tree.
ia64 doesn't matter in this discussion. It is a different
architecture entirely.
Warner
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