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Re: PATCH: Standardize on i[3-9]86 in Binutils
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- To: kelleycook at wideopenwest dot com
- Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, cc at wideopenwest dot com
- Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 10:58:20 +0100
- Subject: Re: PATCH: Standardize on i[3-9]86 in Binutils
- References: <3ec29764.b63.1804289383@wideopenwest.com>
Hi Kelley,
> Currently, only freebsd ports accepts i786 as a machine type
> in binutils. This allows any OS to use the i786 as a
> machine type. Various places in the tree were already using
> i[3-9]86 so I used that nomenclature throughout binutils.
Well really it is only place - libtool.m4 - in a FreeBSD/OpenBSD
specific check.
I am not at all convinced that it is OK to accept identification
strings for processors that do not exist yet (and may never exist).
Changing the configuration to support "i[3-7]86" would be OK, but I am
not happy with "i[3-9]86". If it is important to you that the tools
support "i[3-9]86" then please explain why, otherwise if you could
submit a revised patch using "i[3-7]86" then I would be much obliged.
Cheers
Nick