-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 15.12.2015 12:58, Andrey Semashev wrote: > On 2015-12-15 14:47, Kamil Rytarowski wrote: >> There is no way to check CPU type in a portable way across ABIs. >> Checking for sizeof(void*) is reasonable since most platforms >> will report correct values. One exception is x32, but since it's >> halfbaked never finished and almost not needed any more - we can >> ignore it. > > I'm sorry, but where the premise of x32 being halfbaked comes from? > It seems supported in Linux, at least in Debian and derivatives. I > can see x32 packages in Kubuntu repos. > I base my statement on the incompatible system call interface (with standards) between Linux and glibc, at least in in March of this year. https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-03/msg00573.html This doesn't mean that we aren't able to bootstrap more or less functional distribution, but it won't protect from misbehavior. > BTW, here are some ways to detect x32: > > https://wiki.debian.org/X32Port > Actually NetBSD supports at the moment 70 archs, I'm looking for a solution to cover them all, not just X86 variants. I will try to make a new patch without these checks. Thanks. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJWcSmgAAoJEEuzCOmwLnZsL80QAIjB97chc2zkNs7XQefhea91 0hDbIEHQOZQqwOeTIZg++8/yf+a5pFBrWQZaxBPq9LSgQnKls3vHLQW3kMzFCOmc ueo4ButA+lPdyLRVqnQ2JebwG8tEkB6v1OKc1c2/hln3dBm/BGXbxdEgsRY0Z8Bh UeSih4/CNTGNXA6XGOt2KnA0p1MPH6WVAFjj+W2DIm/z0PgX+zZsziIfwTpr3v96 uPlVKwSh+sV3jYnMHdiP0Xv0q2TSLDeJvK3kWra80MXCSUNxxMe/jCsiEH3QYDsz Du2PcOzaoNmExmMZzpMMmL8xtlCPdsRnYU2eMF60f/T0aaLRErDmYItG6PiLdBi5 JiSnBIiHzbNKGJCPAvVX83VNL46mQIss/zWBkXrkj33nZte1LVllY0eW/kQ1Ruq1 sHWPKAa1BKKcXkjEqS0Oo+nNH2Lcvy9GFtUavVm49vQK+1pImJyf8+/Nfyy5QBmC sVT6GpuX/vIkcq/cyUE16rFTK/7hPDHuKpaYHMP2gYx7e+wAVxz+iF5qXe1xMnQ7 QxVgDWXVHbDOmaeYtsoD41bGbrsGc4OZ2QV71/LzPRdsv5FwQ11kbO7I3NeqcofE Po77kaU0dZ1DZ6lR0E/oIgD0CfmS3Tsrk20TAL1yceQTkxRun1/U3F3zMeshirjw Gk+T7ngcUQ9rWokD4Y1S =drJu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
