Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
23 Feb 2000 03:37:23 -0300:
> How do one get on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list?
It's not a mailing list, just an alias for whoever is the current
maintainer of those files.
Ah. Do you know where the ``official'' version of config.guess is
expected to be found?
> One thought is to add an option to config.guess enabling some sort
> of detailed mode, reporting cpu types. What do you think, would
> that be doable?
Doesn't it do it already? I mean, it says i[3456]86,
alpha{,ev[5678]*}, sparc{,64,v9}, etc. Just not for all systems.
We need more. The flavour of the processor is essential for picking
the best assembly code base. `pentium2' vs. `pentiummmx' is one
example. AMD vs. Intel x86 is another.
--linus
