Philippe Bertin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Regarding
> 
>> I believe you mean xkmake.  The list of canonicalized machine names is
>> not the same as the linux kernel ARCH.
>>  
>>
> I tend to agree with J-C in saying that
> 
>>> It might be worth adding a note to the documentation
>>> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/cross-development.xml#xkmake
>>>
>>> explaining these and other exceptions.
>>>   
> as I fought the same battle recently  :) All this while being quite
> impressed on the overall quality of the Gentoo documentation.

While I agree with your sentiment, I've seen several requests to update
this doc, including mine, all to no avail.  Which isn't a big deal, the
author obviously isn't involved with it anymore.  Which is why I said
the following:

Jason wrote:
> I don't think the author is around or actively maintaining that page.
> fwiw, I think editing the page at g-w.c [1] might be easier.  At least
> there'll be a collection of info in one spot based on user experience
> for a future author of official gentoo docs to work off of.  :-)
[snip]
> [1] - http://gentoo-wiki.com/Embedded_Gentoo

As much as I hate web2.0 crap, I've found wiki's to be indispensable for
overcoming this exact problem.

thx,

Jason.
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