[RESEND] [PATCH] Better vxWorks support in longlong.h

[Mark Haigh]

Mark Haigh wrote:

> Kevin Ryde wrote:
>
>> Mark Haigh <mhaigh at sonicwall.com> writes:
>>  
>>
>>> However, this usage is ambiguous because vxWorks always defines
>>> PPC, regardless of the actual target architecture.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Oh, it's a constant one compares CPU_FAMILY to is it?
>>
>>  
>>
> Yep, that's correct.
>
>>> The patch here is as minimal and uninvasive as possible.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Thanks, but in the next release we're going to drive it from the
>> configured --host, so as to avoid compiler and/or system nonsense.
>>
>> In the meantime, is it enough just to remove the "defined(PPC)" for a
>> non-PPC vxworks?
>>
>>  
>>
> That works.
>
> Slightly better and nearly as painless is removing defined(PPC), as 
> you suggest, and adding checks for defined(__PPC__)  (GCC 3.x PPC 
> Linux) and defined(__ppc) (GCC 3.4 PPC VxWorks).
>
> Then you simultaneously fix all non-PPC vxWorks builds, and keep 
> support for PPC working for GCC 3.x PPC Linux and GCC 3.4 PPC 
> VxWorks.  The only caveat is 2.x GCC PPC Linux.
>
> That fix would be great, as it could be put into the GCC 3.4 tree also.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark F. Haigh
> mfhaigh at acm.org
>
>

Hello Kevin,

Just a followup.  Is this ok with you?

Thanks,

Mark F. Haigh
mfhaigh at acm.org