new port: ip2k

Hans-Peter Nilsson hp@bitrange.com
Fri Jul 5 07:26:00 GMT 2002


On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Alan Lehotsky wrote:
> BTW, I received numbers 98 and 99 for two ports I had done a while
> ago, so it appears we're into the realm of 3 digit magic numbers...

Better remove all EM_PJ_OLD (99) then.

> BUT, since you already HAVE a customer base using whatever magic
> number was randomly chosen when the binutils port was first done,
> perhaps it's not such a great idea to get an official number (they
> won't sanction a random choice according to the guy who I spoke with
> via email.....)

BFD has support for handling both numbers (actually three,
recognizing old numbers, generating new ones), so it shouldn't
be a problem that the official machine number is different from
the binutils hackeer's telephone number. :-)

brgds, H-P



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