Re: Debian EABI arm port name: armel
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 09:07:24AM -0500, Bill Gatliff wrote:
> Guys:
>
>
> >>earm and earmeb? :)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >earmel and earmeb?
> >
> >
>
> armeleabi armebeabi?
>
> What's icky is that moving forward, EABI is going to be the norm. Sure
> would be nice to have an arch name that's as easy and consistent to
> remember as armel/armeb. :(
>
> Maybe with etch, ALL the ARM systems could go to EABI? Then we could
> use armelabi and armebabi for the "old" ABI arches? (Is gcc/glibc ready
> for large-scale EABI use?)
Changing the name for the existing ARM arch in Debian is *NOT* an
option. It's been stated several times already.
Regards: David
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