detect_host_arch Namespace Reference

Functions
	HostArch ()
	DoMain (_)

Detailed Description

Outputs host CPU architecture in format recognized by gyp.

Function Documentation

DoMain()

detect_host_arch.DoMain

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_

)

Hook to be called from gyp without starting a separate python
interpreter.

Definition at line 44 of file detect_host_arch.py.

def DoMain(_):
    """Hook to be called from gyp without starting a separate python
  interpreter."""
    return HostArch()
 
 

HostArch()

detect_host_arch.HostArch

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)

Returns the host architecture with a predictable string.

Definition at line 12 of file detect_host_arch.py.

def HostArch():
    """Returns the host architecture with a predictable string."""
    host_arch = platform.machine()
 
    # Convert machine type to format recognized by gyp.
    if re.match(r'i.86', host_arch) or host_arch == 'i86pc':
        host_arch = 'ia32'
    elif host_arch in ['x86_64', 'amd64']:
        host_arch = 'x64'
    elif host_arch.startswith('arm'):
        host_arch = 'arm'
    elif host_arch.startswith('aarch64'):
        host_arch = 'arm64'
    elif host_arch.startswith('mips'):
        host_arch = 'mips'
    elif host_arch.startswith('ppc'):
        host_arch = 'ppc'
    elif host_arch.startswith('s390'):
        host_arch = 's390'
 
    # platform.machine is based on running kernel. It's possible to use 64-bit
    # kernel with 32-bit userland, e.g. to give linker slightly more memory.
    # Distinguish between different userland bitness by querying
    # the python binary.
    if host_arch == 'x64' and platform.architecture()[0] == '32bit':
        host_arch = 'ia32'
    if host_arch == 'arm64' and platform.architecture()[0] == '32bit':
        host_arch = 'arm'
 
    return host_arch