Re: [PATCH] New x86_64 EFI patch

[Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>]

On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 18:01 +0200, Javier Martín wrote:

> I think this one would be better, as it follows the structure what's
> done with i386: vendor=apple -> efi; anything_else -> pc.

That's a good call.  I'm working on a more radical patch now.  I'll post
it for review.

>  Also, this one
> errors out with a more understandable message that does not conflict
> with another check some lines down.

I agree that the messages should be improved.

> Index: configure.ac
> ===================================================================
> --- configure.ac        (revisión: 1714)
> +++ configure.ac        (copia de trabajo)
> @@ -59,11 +59,11 @@
>  # Guess the platform if not specified.
>  if test "x$with_platform" = x; then
>    case "$target_cpu"-"$target_vendor" in
> -    i386-apple) platform=efi ;;
> -    i386-*) platform=pc ;;
> +    i386-apple|x86_64-apple) platform=efi ;;
> +    i386-*|x86_64-*) platform=pc ;;
>      powerpc-*) platform=ieee1275 ;;
>      sparc64-*) platform=ieee1275 ;;
> -    *) AC_MSG_ERROR([unsupported machine type]) ;;
> +    *) AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to guess platform. Use --with-platform]) ;;

That's misleading.  We can guess platform for any supported CPU (well,
we try out best).  The real problem is that the CPU is not supported,
and that's what the message should say.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin