Re: port-arm/48193: On NetBSD/evbearmv6hf-el for Raspberry Pi, MACHINE_ARCH returns earm, but *hf* is expected in /usr/share/mk/bsd.own.mk .

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

On Sep 16, 2013, at 1:10 AM, Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost> 
wrote:

> The following reply was made to PR port-arm/48193; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
> To: matt%3am-software.com@localhost
> Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost
> Subject: Re: port-arm/48193: On NetBSD/evbearmv6hf-el for Raspberry Pi, 
> MACHINE_ARCH
>        returns earm, but *hf* is expected in /usr/share/mk/bsd.own.mk .
> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:05:04 +0900
> 
>> If you have a better suggestion, offer it on tech-kern.
>> pr-s are not a place for this discussion.
> 
> My first question is:
> 
>>> Is there any public discussion how we should switch sf and hf
>>> if they have the same ABI but just different default?
> 
> If the answer is no, all your changes should be reverted before discussion.

Uh, no.  It solves the PR.  It even solves the problem of untarring a different
implementation in a chroot and then getting the right MACHINE_ARCH for that 
tree.

It can be backed out if and when someone comes up with a better solution.

If exposes bugs in NetBSD, so much the better so we can fix them.