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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man7/arch.7 | 6 |
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diff --git a/share/man/man7/arch.7 b/share/man/man7/arch.7 index 6971035c8285..bf660df2a420 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/arch.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/arch.7 @@ -347,13 +347,17 @@ Unless the make variable is defined, make universe will not build mips, powerpc, nor sparc64 architectures unless the xtoolchain binaries have been installed for the architecture. -.Ss MACHINE_ARCH vs MACHINE_CPUARCH +.Ss MACHINE_ARCH vs MACHINE_CPUARCH vs MACHINE .Dv MACHINE_CPUARCH should be preferred in Makefiles when the generic architecture is being tested. .Dv MACHINE_ARCH should be preferred when there is something specific to a particular type of architecture where there is a choice of many, or could be a choice of many. +Use +.Dv MACHINE +when referring to the kernel, interfaces dependent on a specific type of kernel +or similar things like boot sequences. .Bl -column -offset indent "Dv MACHINE" "Dv MACHINE_CPUARCH" "Dv MACHINE_ARCH" .It Dv MACHINE Ta Dv MACHINE_CPUARCH Ta Dv MACHINE_ARCH .It arm64 Ta aarch64 Ta aarch64 |