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Re: [patch] MIPS/Linux: Clean up cpp ABI dependencies

From: Ralf Baechle <ralf at linux-mips dot org>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro at mips dot com>
Cc: Richard Sandiford <rsandifo at redhat dot com>, "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro at linux-mips dot org>, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>, Eric Christopher <echristo at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com, Nigel Stephens <nigel at mips dot com>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:15:16 +0100
Subject: Re: [patch] MIPS/Linux: Clean up cpp ABI dependencies
References: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0411051948480.15239@perivale.mips.com> <or7joz43dw.fsf@livre.redhat.lsd.ic.unicamp.br> <Pine.LNX.4.58L.0411061832340.3481@blysk.ds.pg.gda.pl> <wvnzn1szl7e.fsf@talisman.cambridge.redhat.com> <Pine.LNX.4.61.0411081127230.19008@perivale.mips.com>

On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 11:39:50AM +0000, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

>  Well, it's for their systems -- IRIX, I presume.  Linux is not IRIX, so 
> it does not have to follow something else's braindamage.

Alot of MIPS ports of software have been done for IRIX and in the
progress of porting Linux distributions I encountered a sufficient
number of dependencies on the _MIPS_* symbols to consider keeping
them 1:1 a good thing.  Despite their uglyness and a headerfile
name containing a company that isn't trying to get away from MIPS.

  Ralf

References:
- [patch] MIPS/Linux: Clean up cpp ABI dependencies
  - From: Maciej W. Rozycki
- Re: [patch] MIPS/Linux: Clean up cpp ABI dependencies
  - From: Alexandre Oliva
- Re: [patch] MIPS/Linux: Clean up cpp ABI dependencies
  - From: Maciej W. Rozycki
- Re: [patch] MIPS/Linux: Clean up cpp ABI dependencies
  - From: Richard Sandiford
- Re: [patch] MIPS/Linux: Clean up cpp ABI dependencies
  - From: Maciej W. Rozycki

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