Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 15:38:41 +0100 From: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> To: Alexander Kabaev <kabaev@gmail.com> Cc: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Millan <rmh@debian.org>, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, Robert@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] __FreeBSD_kernel__ Message-ID: <CADLo83-wkFMtK13Zj_0Vb8Mqb%2BjsaXwS0g7G81xrmg9Jp_0wGg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110703103531.4a553271@kan.dnsalias.net> References: <CAOfDtXPUxQO1zbnxh8sh%2By7g=d8QaH2svYtEQJ06L4d%2BQKG8VA@mail.gmail.com> <20110702193724.5c55a6c9@kan.dnsalias.net> <20110703020827.GA5763@sandvine.com> <CAGH67wQAv4Tf8HjccN2GZzgD2u1ZrORABtGehxXjeg109%2BRNWQ@mail.gmail.com> <20110703103531.4a553271@kan.dnsalias.net>
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2011/7/3 Alexander Kabaev <kabaev@gmail.com>: > > __linux__ is exactly what __FreeBSD__ is and dies not identify kernel > but rather Linux as whole OS, whatever that might be these days. > > There does not appear to be an universal macro that identifies > environment as using Linux kernel regardless of the rest of components > used (say, to identify Android and Ubuntu or something embedded with > ucLibc as running Linux kernel with different userland > implementations). Please-- Linux is not and has never been an OS. __linux__ applies to the kernel, the OS is called GNU/Linux. Call me pedantic, but that was a nonsensical statement. Chris
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