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Date:      Tue, 16 Jun 1998 17:38:13 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To:        leifn@internet.dk, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: What's unknown in i386-unknown-freebsd
Message-ID:  <19980616173813.A9688@emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980616225737.6013A-100000@darla.swimsuit.internet.dk>; from "Leif Neland" on Tue Jun 16 22:59:09 GMT 1998
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980616225737.6013A-100000@darla.swimsuit.internet.dk>

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In the last episode (Jun 16), Leif Neland said:
> I see the text "i386-unknown-freebsd" often while watching make's. 
> 
> What is the unknown?

I think it's "vendor", or "platform".  Like I would see
"386-sequent-dynix" on an old 8-CPU Sequent machine.  Or
"alphaev56-dec-osf4.0d" on an Alpha.  Or "sparc-sun-sunos4.1.3" on an
older Sun box.

Since PC hardware is sort of generic, it's left at "unknown". 
Sometimes I've seen "i386-pc-freebsd", though.

	-Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com

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