From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Giorgos Keramidas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: configure.in support for FreeBSD ia64/sparc64/powerpc Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:55:39 +0200 Message-ID: <87eizp4c38.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <200611032145.kA3Ljj6x078515@kobe.laptop> <87irhv28mx.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20061106141015.GB3755@kobe.laptop> <18763.42713.941380.795066@a1ihome1.kph.uni-mainz.de> <200812191716.mBJHG0oC016436@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <18763.58258.187720.412172@a1ihome1.kph.uni-mainz.de> <18765.64802.798989.140892@a1ihome1.kph.uni-mainz.de> <18777.10265.165132.46162@a1ihome1.kph.uni-mainz.de> <200812291954.mBTJsKnJ027581@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <18777.12531.501647.9714@a1ihome1.kph.uni-mainz.de> <200812292039.mBTKdate027716@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <87tz8mu0a3.fsf@kobe.laptop> <200812292206.mBTM644Y028007@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <87r63qa9t5.fsf@kobe.laptop> <18777.22367.789436.254592@a1ihome1.kph.uni-mainz.de> <200812300347.mBU3l3GI028760@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <18778.6046.195093.648725@a1ihome1.kph.uni-mainz.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1230670612 11761 80.91.229.12 (30 Dec 2008 20:56:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:56:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , Dan Nicolaescu , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ulrich Mueller Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 30 21:57:57 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LHlez-0002rk-30 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:57:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55840 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LHldk-0007pK-Dj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:56:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LHldg-0007p2-0q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:56:32 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LHlde-0007oo-1o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:56:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50751 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LHldd-0007ol-SQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:56:29 -0500 Original-Received: from igloo.linux.gr ([62.1.205.36]:37871) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LHldU-00008y-8X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:56:29 -0500 Original-Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl119-205.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.238.205]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id mBUKtl6N006602 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:55:53 +0200 Original-Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mBUKthaI039931; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:55:43 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Original-Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id mBUKtdZ1039926; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:55:39 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) In-Reply-To: <18778.6046.195093.648725@a1ihome1.kph.uni-mainz.de> (Ulrich Mueller's message of "Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:44:14 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) X-MailScanner-ID: mBUKtl6N006602 X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-4.298, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.10, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@freebsd.org X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:107424 Archived-At: On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:44:14 +0100, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>>>>> On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Dan Nicolaescu wrote: >> Or it's a question of FreeBSD not providing an implementation for >> the "ta 3" trap? > > Probably _because_ it is available in hardware and therefore not > needed? Or, look what other programs like GCC do (in sparc.md): > > ;; Special trap insn to flush register windows. > (define_insn "flush_register_windows" > [(unspec_volatile [(const_int 0)] UNSPECV_FLUSHW)] > "" > { return TARGET_V9 ? "flushw" : "ta\t3"; } > [(set_attr "type" "flushw")]) > > No test for the OS here. Similar code can be found in the Boehm-GC or > in libjava. > > But this discussion is moot. Could you please commit the patch with > the test in the form "defined (__sparc64__) && defined (__FreeBSD__)" > at least, so that FreeBSD and Gentoo can get rid of their local patch? That would be fine by me. One less local patch to maintain :)