Re: gmp 4.1 on OpenBSD

[Christian Weisgerber]

Kevin Ryde:

> Ah yes, need to override the extra_functions used for the 32-bit case.
> Perhaps something like (untested),
> 
>             abilist="64"
>             extra_functions=
>             path="sparc64"
>             cyclecounter_size=2

Yes, that builds and checks fine.

> Our config.guess is a wrapper around the standard config.guess,
> getting an exact cpu type.

Well, it doesn't on OpenBSD.

> Currently there's not much in the way of cpu submodel optimizations
> for the sparcs, but the scheme does good things for instance on alphas
> and x86s.

You do realize that some people build binary packages that are
intended to run on many machines, including those with different
CPU submodels?

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          address@hidden