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Host names

The full naming scheme for hosts in the following pattern encodes three pieces of information.

architecture-vendor-operating system

For example, the full name for a Sun SPARCstation running SunOS 4.1.4 is:
sparc-sun-sunos4.1.

Warning:
configure can represent a very large number of combinations of architecture, vendor, and operating system. There is by no means support for all possible combinations!

The following combinations refer to hosts for operating system versions under which this release was built. If you have any questions regarding compatibility, please feel free to contact Cygnus Solutions. (For a matrix which shows all supported host/target combinations, see Embedded Configurations Supported in Release Notes for GNUPro Toolkit.)

Canonical name | Platform
alpha-dec-osf3.2C | DEC Alpha Digital UNIX v3.2C
alpha-dec-osf4.0 | DEC Alpha Digital UNIX v4.0
hppa1.1-hp-hpux9 | HP 9000/700, HP-UX A.9.0.5
hppa1.1-hp-hpux10 | HP 9000/700, HP-UX B.10.01
hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20 | HP 9000/700, HP-UX B.10.20
i386-univel-sysv4.2 | Unixware 2.1.1
mips-sgi-irix5 | SGI Irix 5.3
mips-sgi-irix6 | SGI Irix 6.2
powerpc-ibm-aix4.1 | IBM PowerPC, AIX 4.1.4
powerpc-ibm-aix3.2.5 | IBM PowerPC, AIX 3.2.5
powerpc-ibm-aix4.1 | IBM PowerPC, AIX 4.1.3
sparc-sun-solaris2 | SPARCstation, Solaris 2.4
sparc-sun-solaris2.5 | SPARCstation, Solaris 2.5
sparc-sun-sunos4.1 | SPARCstation, SunOS 4.1.4