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From: hartzell@boulder.Colorado.EDU (George Hartzell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips
Subject: Re: X11R4 build experience on m120-5
Keywords: windows, X
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Date: 25 Feb 90 02:17:41 GMT
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In-reply-to: tonyr@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Tony Rick)

I'm very happy to see that someone has started on this!

In article <5684@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM>, tonyr@tekig5 (Tony Rick) writes:
>Since RISC/os 4.0 is a strange hybrid of ATT_V3_0 and 4.3bsd, I 
>thought it safest to proceed on some convenient simplifying assumptions, 
>which were:
>
>	o   a bsd43 compilation environment

I'm also glad to see there are other's out there who do their work in
the bsd side of the world.  Sometimes I feel like a 2nd class
citizen...

>	o   no preprocessor symbol defined
[...]
>The second assumption means that you have to go through the process proscribed
>by the instructions for creating your own preprocessor symbol. I saw 'mips' 
>and 'umips' defined in the code and control files,  but there is nothing 
>to indicate which variety of MIPS operating system they applies to 
>(there are several).  Mips is not one of the mentioned supported platforms.  
>I defined 'mips40' for RISC/os 4.0 and made all the necessary control file 
>modifications.  I have included changes and additions to all the files that 
>make this happen. It almost works.

I would really like to see a standard set of preprocessor symbols for
the various MIPS machines (sgi, dec, mips, etc...) and their operating
systems.  Is there anyone at MIPS who might be able to encourage
MIPS's licensee's to establish something?  In this particular case I
would suggest that "bsd" or "bsd43" be added to suggest that this is
only applicable to the bsd43 side of RISC/os.
George Hartzell			                  (303) 492-4535
 MCD Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
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