Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 18:15:59 -0200 (EDT) From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@coppe.ufrj.br> To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: jb@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Architecture dependent source Message-ID: <199801122015.SAA17293@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> In-Reply-To: <199801082332.QAA10804@mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Jan 8, 98 04:32:15 pm"
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#define quoting(Nate Williams) // > Has the directory structure for architecture dependent source been // > decided? // > // > For instance, does src/sys/i386 become src/sys/arch/i386 (like NetBSD) // > or do we just start adding src/sys/alpha because i386 sets the precedent? // // Personally, I don't see that '/sys/arch' buys us anything other than // 'Yet Another directory'. Especially when there is no goal of having // every architecture under the sun working. It has the advantage of isolating architectures from other stuff. A ls in the arch dir shows all architectures, and nothing else. I'm not sure, but think it's mostly cosmetic though. Jonny -- Joao Carlos Mendes Luis jonny@gta.ufrj.br +55 21 290-4698 jonny@coppe.ufrj.br Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro UFRJ/COPPE/CISI PGP fingerprint: 29 C0 50 B9 B6 3E 58 F2 83 5F E3 26 BF 0F EA 67
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