On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Jun Sun wrote: > I talked about machine detection a while back. My idea is following: > > 0. all machines that are *configured* into the image will supply <my>_detect() > and <my>_setup() functions. > > 1. at MIPS start up, we loop through all <my>_detect(), which returns three > values, a) run-time detection negative, b) run-time detection positive, and c) > no run-time detection code, but I return positive because I am configured in. > > 2. the startup code resolves conflicts (which sometimes may panic); and decide > on one machine. > > 3. then the startup code calls the right <my>_setup() code which will set up > the mach_type and other stuff. It sounds reasonable. We may also check the Alpha port for solutions -- it supports multiple dissimilar systems as well. -- + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + +--------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available +
