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Re: [charm] Deprecation of old machine layers

From: Phil Miller <mille121 AT illinois.edu>
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Subject: Re: [charm] Deprecation of old machine layers
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 14:58:26 -0500
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On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 16:06, Phil Miller
<mille121 AT illinois.edu>
wrote:
> The following machine layers are being considered for deletion. Please
> respond to this message with any comments on this plan. If there are
> no objections, the deletion will happen in a few days.
>
> Ancient:
> # t3e (Cray)
> # crayx1 (Cray)
> # net-hp (HP-UX on PA-RISC)
> # axp (DEC/Compaq Alpha)
> # exemplar (HP)
> # sp3 (IBM)
> # ncube2 (Intel)
> # origin (SGI)
> # net-irix (SGI)
> # net-sun (SunOS)

OK, the batch above are being removed. I'm now looking at narrowing
down the macros from conv-mach.h that no longer vary across platforms.

> Possibly still salient:
> # net-sol (not net-sol(-x86_64)) - may reference useful SPARC-specific
> code to be retained for a hypothetical net-linux-sparc
> # vmi - Appears to be a dead project, with relevant machines going away
> # uth - potentially useful for debugging purposes
>

[charm] Deprecation of old machine layers, Phil Miller, 05/05/2011
- Re: [charm] [ppl] Deprecation of old machine layers, Abhinav S Bhatele, 05/05/2011
  - Re: [charm] [ppl] Deprecation of old machine layers, Phil Miller, 05/05/2011
- Re: [charm] [ppl] Deprecation of old machine layers, Jim Phillips, 05/05/2011
  - Re: [charm] [ppl] Deprecation of old machine layers, Phil Miller, 05/05/2011
- Re: [charm] Deprecation of old machine layers, Phil Miller, 05/09/2011