From 829d7bf6f9c696b526c9c0f99635634389dd1b5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dylan Baker Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 10:14:21 -0700 Subject: docs: Add note to cpu_family table about endianess [skip ci] Autotools will add endianess to the name of the architecture in some cases (such as ppc64le vs ppc64) meson doesn't do this. It's worth noting this in the documentation. --- docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md index ccdcb34..39ec1cd 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md @@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ set in the cross file. Any cpu family not listed in the above list is not guaranteed to remain stable in future releases. +Those porting from autotools should note that meson does not add +endianness to the name of the cpu_family. For example, autotools +will call little endian PPC64 "ppc64le", meson will not, you must +also check the `.endian()` value of the machine for this information. + ## Operating system names These are provided by the `.system()` method call. -- cgit v1.1