Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/11] rump kernels: Handle rumpxen host in configure

[Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2014-07-10 at 11:28 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Ian Campbell writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/11] rump kernels: Handle 
> rumpxen host in configure"):
> > On Mon, 2014-06-30 at 16:52 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > > Support
> > >    ./configure --host=i386-rumpxen-netbsd
> > 
> > Are things happy without some sort of update to config.{sub,guess,blah}?
> > Debian keep having to update those for a new arch. Maybe that's for when
> > --host isn't used though?
> 
> Yes, they don't need updating.  This is one reason to choose this
> rather than (eg) i386-unknown-rumpxen.
> 
> Indeed, earlier I had this exchange with the rumpkernel folks:

Got it, thanks.

> > Why i386-* and not x86_64-*?
> 
> There's no particular reason why I mentioned that rather than the
> other in the commit message.  I think it ought to work with either.
> 
> Should I mention both ?  I haven't tested x86_64, although if and when
> I plumb this new stuff into osstest that will end up being tested.

OK. For the most part I think only x86_64 is interesting for this stuff
these days. (To the extent that if we were to only end up support x86_64
rump kernels I wouldn't blink).

Ian.


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