Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!aglew From: aglew@crhc.uiuc.edu (Andy Glew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore Subject: Re: cpp symbol for multimax Message-ID: Date: 2 Oct 90 22:00:36 GMT References: <26458@cs.yale.edu> <84281@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Lines: 27 In-Reply-To: jrm@stegosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu's message of 2 Oct 90 20:34:13 GMT >>Is there an appropriate pre-processor symbol for UMAX 4.3, akin to >>sun on Suns and sequent on Sequents? > >The following symbols are defined for the approproiate processor cards: > ns32032 (DPC), > ns32332 (APC), and > ns32532 (XPC) (1) There really should be an Encore specific define - it is possible that the code may have to be ported to another ns32x32 system, other than Encore's, which is incompatible. (Sure, there aren't all that many ns32x32 systems out there...) Really, should have OS revision level and version (4.3 vs SV) dependencies as well. (2) All of these symbols, sun, sequent, ns32032... should really have _s in front of their names, to avoid collisions with user variable names? (Ever have to port a program dealing with solar power?) -- Andy Glew, a-glew@uiuc.edu [get ph nameserver from uxc.cso.uiuc.edu:net/qi]