[pypy-dev] PyPy platforms/architectures

[Maciej Fijalkowski]

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 8:01 PM, David Naylor <naylor.b.david at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am busy writing a port for pypy on FreeBSD.  I have the basics done but
> I have a slight issue with the package list.  It appears pypy creates some
> files based on the architecture name [1] however the names it uses for those
> files differ to what FreeBSD uses [2].
>
> I've mapped the obvious name difference (i386->x86_32, amd64->x86_64) however
> I am not sure what pypy uses for the other architects.  Also it appears FreeBSD
> uses "powerpc" for ppc (even though [2] says otherwise).

PyPy's officially supported platforms are x86_32 and x86_64 (and arm
coming soon), others are at least untested.

The ctypes config cache is mostly for not having mismatches between
different platforms running on the same machine, they can be named
whatever, just as long as they're different for each platform.

>
> Please can you clarify the architecture names.
>
> Regards,
>
> David
>
>
> [1] Under lib_pypy/ctypes_config_cache
> [2] http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/
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