Re: [vsipl++] [patch] Config update

[Brooks Moses <brooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brooks Moses wrote, at 1/29/2008 1:41 PM:
> Jules Bergmann wrote, at 1/29/2008 1:31 PM:
>> This patch updates config to
>>   - use the new names for configure options
>>   - have a Power configuration
>>   - use GNU triplets (i686-pc-linux-gnu, powerpc-linux-gnu, powerpc-mcoe,
>>     etc)
> 
> Note that powerpc-linux-gnu is not in fact a triplet; linux-gnu is a
> single item.  It should be powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu, or have something
> specific in place of the "unknown" for the system type.
> 
> Similarly, powerpc-mcoe should be powerpc-unknown-mcoe or
> powerpc-mercury-mcoe (if mcoe only runs on Mercury systems) or somesuch
> to be a true triplet.

As an addendum -- for Cell, we settled on powerpc-cell-linux-gnu for the
canonical triplet when documenting the --host option; I think it would
be good to have this agree with that.

- Brooks