Kris, I think your idea is good. Kernel headers reflect a better picture than /proc/cpuinfo.
Ray -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Van Hees Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 2:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OpenAFS-devel] Question on possible change in OpenAFS compilation for UML Currently, the support for UML (User Mode Linux) depends on it being compiled on UML itself, because it detects the host using information in /proc/cpuinfo. That of course causes an issue if you would want to do the actual compilation on another Linux system (a real one, not UML) for performance reasons or just to centralize your compilations. OpenAFS offers the --with-linux-kernel-headers option to configure to (possibly) compile against a Linux source tree that is not identical to the host the compilation is running on. So the question is... Do you think that it would be better to have the code in configure for detecting the appropriate sysname use the information found in the Linux kernel headers (look for CONFIG_USERMODE set to 1 in <autoconf.h>) rather than the current check on /proc/cpuinfo? My guess would be a resounding 'YES' for using the kernel headers, but I'd like to confirm that before sending in a patch for it :) Kris -- Never underestimate a Mage with: - the Intelligence to cast Magic Missile, - the Constitution to survive the first hit, and - the Dexterity to run fast enough to avoid being hit a second time. _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-devel _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-devel
