Re: Porting SAPDB to ppc64 Linux

Anton Blanchard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am interested in porting to ppc64/Linux. Since it already runs on
> Linux and ppc64/AIX it shouldnt be too hard.
> 
> I had a quick look and for AIX we have:
> 
> host_cpu = _IBMR2
> host_os = AIX
> 
> and for Linux we have:
> 
> host_cpu = _IBMR2
> host_os = LINUX
> 
> Id prefer POWERPC to _IBMR2 but thats not too important :)
> Unfortunately the source uses _IBMR2 when it should be using AIX:
> 
> #if defined(_IBMR2) || defined(SUN) || defined(HPUX)
> extern int    sys_nerr;
> extern char * sys_errlist[];
> #endif /* _IBMR2 || SUN || HPUX */
> 
> This has nothing to do with the host_cpu and everything to do with the

This is simply a bug and I'm afraid that there are more of those for 
other platforms

 > host_os. Thoughts on changing all these ifdefs to use AIX not _IBMR2?

Sure. If we find the time. Or someone sends us patches (please for CVS: 
sapdb-74). Or someone converts these to configure tests.


Daniel Dittmar

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Daniel Dittmar
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