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Kai Luo 2023-09-13 16:05:50 +08:00
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@ -313,6 +313,12 @@ def default_build_triple(verbose):
# these cases, fall back to using sys.platform.
return 'x86_64-pc-windows-msvc'
elif kernel == 'AIX':
# `uname -m` returns the machine ID rather than machine hardware on AIX,
# so we are unable to use cputype to form triple. Since AIX 7.2 and
# above supports 32-bit and 64-bit mode simultaneously and `uname -p`
# returns `powerpc`. Currently we only supports `powerpc64-ibm-aix` in
# rust. For above reasons, kerneltype_mapper and cputype_mapper are not
# used to infer AIX's triple.
return 'powerpc64-ibm-aix'
else:
err = "unknown OS type: {}".format(kernel)