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RE: PATCH: 3.1.6-dev-20+10242: runtime determination of CPUTYPE

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From: "Andrej Borsenkow" <Andrej.Borsenkow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Clint Adams" <schizo@xxxxxxxxxx>, <zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: PATCH: 3.1.6-dev-20+10242: runtime determination of CPUTYPE
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 09:59:38 +0400
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>
> This goes on top of 10242.  It reverts MACHTYPE to its original
> behavior (of which I still don't see the point), and adds CPUTYPE
> as the runtime equivalent of uname -m.  Probably a poor name choice,
> considering the inconsistencies of uname.
>


What I do not really understand, why do you need yet another parameter?
Is not uname enough? If OS has uname syscall, it has uname command as
well (am I mistaken here?)

-andrej

References:
- PATCH: 3.1.6-dev-20+10242: runtime determination of CPUTYPE
  - From: Clint Adams

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