> In message <199707311248.NAA09515@sun52.NIS.cambridge>
>           Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com> wrote:
> =

> > =

> > The correct GNU canonicalization for an ARM based machine running Net=
BSD
> is
> > =

> >   arm-unknown-netbsd{version}
> > =

> > I recently installed a change to the official source of config.guess =
to =

> > ensure this happens.  In time this will get released into most GNU =

> > packages.
> > =

> > arm32 is what netbsd calls its port to the ARM processor family; it i=
s
> not =

> > what should be returned as the CPU name in the GNU canonical string.
> > =

> > Richard.
> > =

> You're right. In conclusion to this there shoud be made some changes to=

> the behavior of the kernel and 'uname' by the kernelteam or other relev=
ant
> persons, so that 'uname -m' gives 'arm' and not 'arm32', 'uname -s' giv=
es
> 'netbsd', 'uname -v' produces '1.2' (or 1.3, 1.4 for later versions) an=
d
> not the full path to the kernelsources incl. systemname and systemversi=
on.
> And 'uname -r' should give 'A, B, C, etc' depending on the release vers=
ion.
> =


This is not necessary.  config.guess has been set up to convert the arm32=
 =

port name to the appropriate gnu canonical name.  There is no need to =

alter the behaviour of uname.

Richard.