Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 23:21:21 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.co.za>, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sparc64 or sparc_v9 or ... Message-ID: <20000712232121.A29953@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20000712231410.M25571@fw.wintelcom.net>; from bright@wintelcom.net on Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 11:14:10PM -0700 References: <200007130536.e6D5aA373755@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> <20000712231410.M25571@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 11:14:10PM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > What are we going to use for MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH on the Ultra? I see > > NetBSD use sparc64 for both and it looks like BSDI use sparc_v9, if I > > look at the directory names. > > The BSD/os convention should be followed. It is my opinion to use sparc64 (ie, to show we mean 64bit support). "v9" is an instruction set and does not tell you if it is 32bit or 64bit. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the messagehome | help
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