tech-toolchain: Re: IMPORTANT: MACHINE_ARCH WRONG ON MIPS PLATFORMS

Subject: Re: IMPORTANT: MACHINE_ARCH WRONG ON MIPS PLATFORMS
To: None <tech-toolchain@NetBSD.ORG>
From: ITOH Yasufumi <yasufu-i@is.aist-nara.ac.jp>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 07/24/1998 02:36:47

In article <199807231710.CAA05411@srapc342.sra.co.jp>
soda@sra.co.jp writes:

> I partially agree with this. Also, `uname -m` should answer "mipsle" 
> on pmax and pica/arc, and "mipsbe" on newsmips, too.
> (or, "mips-le" and "mips-be" is prefered?)

DEC Ultrix (on PMAX) uses "MIPSEL" as a cpp predefined macro.
Why don't us use "mipsel" if there are no good reasons to avoid this?
--
ITOH, Yasufumi