Magnus,
Thank you for the background.
I understand that big architecture names cleanup contains lots of
underwater stones.
It's why I'm asking just for one piece of this mess - I would like
to have {i386,i486,i586} changed to the single name.
-Dmitry
On 2012-08-15 15:52, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> On 2012-08-15 10:38, Dmitry Samersoff wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Currently we uses i386, i486 and i586 within x86 build.
> Not only the 32-bit Intel architecture, but the 64-bit as well has
> naming confusions.
>
> Unfortunately, it is not that simple to just replace everything with x86.
>
> 1) Some things have external requirements for their name, and cannot be
> easily changed (or at all). For instance, Java programs expect a
> specific os.arch property. Library names must be named amd64 on Solaris
> (as far as I understand). Marketing is likely to have their own view on
> what to name the packages. Etc.
>
> 2) Changing names on files or directories (unfortunately) makes version
> control harder. If files are to be moved around all over the place
> anyway with Jigsaw, we might as well fix some names. It is not clear if
> it's worth the effort to rename files before such a major restructuring.
>
> 3) If we should change all instances that we can, we still have to agree
> on *what* to call it. Not everyone thinks that "x86" is the obvious
> choice. And even if this is the most common view (I think it is), what
> about the 64-bit platform? x86_64? x64? amd64? I've heard people defend
> all three names.
>
> I actually posted a proposal for naming cpu's in the new build infra
> some time ago (see
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/build-infra-dev/2012-June/001019.html).
> It boiled down to:
> 32-bit Intel: x86
> 64-bit Intel: x86_64
> Intel arctitecture: x86
>
> (As reference:
> 32-bit Sparc: sparc
> 64-bit Sparc: sparcv9
> Sparc architecture: sparc)
>
> There was some follow-up discussion, mostly on how to identify what
> different kinds of names we need.
>
> /Magnus
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Dmitry Samersoff
Java Hotspot development team, SPB04
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