Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 21:37:07 -0500 From: Al Johnson <Al.Johnson@AJC.State.Net> To: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'uname -m' not alpha? (was Re: 'uname -m' not i586?) Message-ID: <340E1ED3.14734EE6@AJC.State.Net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970901162505.309A-100000@cody.usls.edu> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970901222635.3114B-100000@localhost> <199709040204.UAA13569@obie.softweyr.ml.org>
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My system replies with "alpha" as opposed to the suggested "axp" Looks like the mimicing is already taking place. -- Al Wes Peters wrote: > Doug White writes: > > The `machine' identifies the architecture under which the kernel is > > designed to run under. Since FreeBSD is designed to run under the Intel > > i386 architecture (386 and compatible processors) it will report 'i386.' > > This is also used to define machine-dependent code in the kernel to > > compile, ie there is a /usr/src/sys/i386 heirarchy. In the future DEC > > Alpha port there will be a machine type `alpha' in addition to `i386.' > > Hmm... Does anyone know what Digital UNIX (nee OSF/1) reports as the > architecture for this machine? I suspect it is probably "axp", and > contend we should probably mimic the DEC system if it's not too big a > change at this point. > > For those who remember when DEC ruled the world of minicomputers, AXP > has a nice "callback." Rumor has it, when DEC applied for a trademark > on "Alpha" and was told they couldn't trademark it, the "AXP" moniker > was brought up by some of the old-timers on the hardware side. Why > "AXP?" It stands for (according to the scuttlebutt) "Almost eXactly > Prism." I'll leave it up to Bill Pechter to explain what Prism was. > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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