[parisc-linux] Architecture string change

John David Anglin dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca
Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:04:55 -0400 (EDT)


> 
> David Huggins-Daines wrote:
> >  * Pro: I'm told that people at HP want to use 'parisc'.  Could those
> >    people please stand up :-)
> 
> I'm one of them. But I'm not religous about it.
> 
> Just seems goofy to have "hp" in the name.
> IMHO, It'd be comparable to using sunsparc or decalpha.

If it is going to change, why not just 'pa', for precision architecture.
Everbody knows it is risc.

Dave
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