diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | part3intro/toolchaintechnotes.xml | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/part3intro/toolchaintechnotes.xml b/part3intro/toolchaintechnotes.xml index 852e88b4a..86ec87928 100644 --- a/part3intro/toolchaintechnotes.xml +++ b/part3intro/toolchaintechnotes.xml @@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ <note> <para>Almost all the build systems use names of the form - cpu-vendor-kernel-os, referred to as the machine triplet. An astute + cpu-vendor-kernel-os, referred to as the machine triplet. The vendor + field is sometimes omitted. An astute reader may wonder why a <quote>triplet</quote> refers to a four component name. The reason is historical: initially, three component names were enough to designate a machine unambiguously, but as new machines and systems @@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ output will be <emphasis>i686-pc-linux-gnu</emphasis>. On a 64-bit system it will be <emphasis>x86_64-pc-linux-gnu</emphasis>. On most Linux systems the even simpler <command>gcc -dumpmachine</command> command - will give you the same information.</para> + will give you the similar information.</para> <para>You should also be aware of the name of the platform's dynamic linker, often referred to as the dynamic loader (not to be confused with the standard |