[Flac-dev] detecting host machine in configure.in?

[Josh Coalson]

I am trying to set up a flexible infrastructure for the assembly
code.  Basically what I want is configure.in determination of
basic machine type (intel/compatible, alpha, ppc), then within
that (say intel) the code will detect variants like MMX, SSE,
and use the right routines.

I know how to do the second, but what is a good way to do the first?
Linux/Cygwin/Solaris seem to support the MACHTYPE environment variable.
Is uname -m or uname -p more reliable?  Is there a simple way than
knowing all the uname -m variants that mean intel 386 compatible?
(i386, i586, i686, athlon?  etc).

Josh


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