[DAEMON-91] please support more architectures

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Nightly Builds
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.2

Environment

Linux (arm, hppa, m68k, mips, mipsel, s390, ia64)

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Marcus Better
• Created: 30/Nov/06 09:13
• Updated: 22/Mar/13 11:31
• Resolved: 11/Feb/10 19:04

Description

The CPU detection in src/native/unix/support/apsupport.m4 is broken. Based on the $host_cpu variable, it tries to guess the operating system. This is completely wrong since several operating systems can run on the same architecture.

For Debian GNU/Linux we had to apply the following patch. In general, the best would be to let autoconf determine the CPU type and not touch it at all, except in exceptional cases.

Index: src/native/unix/support/apsupport.m4
===================================================================
--- src/native/unix/support/apsupport.m4        (revision 2799)
+++ src/native/unix/support/apsupport.m4        (revision 2800)
@@ -70,12 +70,6 @@
     ;;
   esac
   case $host_cpu in
-  powerpc)
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"$host_cpu\\\""
-    HOST_CPU=$host_cpu;;
-  sparc*)
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"$host_cpu\\\""
-    HOST_CPU=$host_cpu;;
   i?86)
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"i386\\\""
     HOST_CPU=i386;;
@@ -89,13 +83,8 @@
     LIBS="$LIBS -lBLSLIB"
     LDCMD="/opt/C/bin/cc"
     HOST_CPU=osd;;
-  mips)
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"mips\\\""
-    supported_os="mips"
-    HOST_CPU=mips;;
   alpha*)
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"alpha\\\""
-    supported_os="alpha"
     HOST_CPU=alpha;;
   hppa2.0w)
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"PA_RISC2.0W\\\""
@@ -105,18 +94,9 @@
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"PA_RISC2.0\\\""
     supported_os="hp-ux"
     HOST_CPU=PA_RISC2.0;;
-  mipsel)
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"mipsel\\\""
-    supported_os="mipsel"
-    HOST_CPU=mipsel;;
-  ia64)
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"ia64\\\""
-    supported_os="ia64"
-    HOST_CPU=ia64;;
-  s390)
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"s390\\\""
-    supported_os="s390"
-    HOST_CPU=s390;;
+  arm|hppa|ia64|m68k|mips|mipsel|powerpc*|s390|sparc*)
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"$host_cpu\\\""
+    HOST_CPU=$host_cpu;;
   *)
     AC_MSG_RESULT([failed])
     AC_MSG_ERROR([Unsupported CPU architecture "$host_cpu"]);;