Message-Id: <199909122033.PAA26720@darwin.sfbr.org>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:33:33 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jeff Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
Subject: Re: CPU identification (Was: Re: uname -m ?)
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
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-: > I actually think it is a good idea to add this extension via
-: > a new switch for example '-x' or -f etc .. and a new member name
-: > to utsname.
-: 
-: Switches for `uname' program is something that should be suggested to
-: Jim Meyering, the maintainer of Sh-utils.  Unlike Sun, we don't have
-: our own version of `uname'.
-: 
-: As for a new member of `struct utsname', I'm not particularly against
-: it, although we should at least go out and see if some other platform
-: adds that, and if so, make the additional member have the same name.
-: Also, if detecting x87 could be dangerous (i.e. risk crashing the
-: program), I would vote against it.

We have the lib function _detect_80387() in djgpp; is there a danger of
this crashing inside a script?  Even if it can, is this a bad thing if it
is just an optional switch?

jtw