Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 11:58:21 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: "Yarema" <yds@dppl.com> Cc: "Nate Williams" <nate@mt.sri.com>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: MACHINE vs. MACHINE_ARCH Message-ID: <199802201858.LAA13959@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <010f01bd3e31$1031a310$1f40e6cd@ichiban.ingress.com> References: <010f01bd3e31$1031a310$1f40e6cd@ichiban.ingress.com>
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> >> MACHINE_ARCH and MACHINE aren't the same thing. > > > >How are they different? > > On OpenBSD, and I presume NetBSD, MACHINE might be "amiga" but MACHINE_ARCH > would be "m68k" or something like that. Just because the are the same on > Intel boxes don't mean they are gonna be the same when you install FreeBSD > on your toaster. So, why didn't the CSRG make a distinction with machines that had the same CPU 'architecture' but different HW? Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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