Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:59:03 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels Message-ID: <396E2D97.643CDE47@cup.hp.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007131330170.27135-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> <200007131953.NAA26606@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh wrote: > > In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007131330170.27135-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> "Brandon D. Valentine" writes: > : On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > : > : >Without an architecture prefix/postfix/directory somewhere in the path, > : >this prevents concurrent cross-builds. > : It would be v.nice to have a src/sys/arch directory structure similiar > : to NetBSD's since we actually have more than one architecture to > : consider now. We'd already have: > : src/sys/arch/i386 > : src/sys/arch/pc98 > : src/sys/arch/alpha > : and work is under way to give us: > : src/sys/arch/sparc > : src/sys/arch/ppc > : > : If we're going to be restructuring src/sys anyway per the discussion > : occuring on -current as of late, it might be product to make this change > : as well and move our MD code into those directories. > > Don't forget arch/ia-32 and arch/ia-64. Then there's the arch/mips > that I've done but which is so incomplete and bitrotted as to not be > too useful to people. With 7 or 8 MD directories, an arch subdirectory is not too much to ask for. I can imagine that people wonder if and when we're going to reach that count and until then don't see the need to reorganize. With currently 3 MD directories and at least 3 coming up (including ia64), I'd say that now is probably the best time to introduce the subdirectory... My $0.02 -- Marcel Moolenaar mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org tel: (408) 447-4222 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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