[project @ 2002-05-14 08:30:34 by matthewc]

* Note that ia64-linux works unregisterised and a registerised port is in
  progress.
* Recommend bootstrapping from a machine of the same word size :)

diff --git a/docs/building/building.sgml b/docs/building/building.sgml
index b01aad7..80398f3 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/building/building.sgml
+++ b/docs/building/building.sgml
@@ -1060,6 +1060,15 @@ $ cvs checkout nofib/spectral
        </varlistentry>
 
        <varlistentry>
+         <term>ia64-unknown-linux</term>
+         <indexterm><primary>ia64-unknown-linux</primary></indexterm>
+         <listitem>
+           <para>GHC currently works unregisterised.  A registerised
+           port is in progress.</para>
+         </listitem>
+       </varlistentry>
+
+       <varlistentry>
          <term>mips-sgi-irix5</term>
          <indexterm><primary>mips-sgi-irix[5-6]</primary></indexterm>
          <listitem>
@@ -3331,7 +3340,8 @@ foo% make install
        Either (a)&nbsp;download them from the GHC site (if there are
        some available for the right version of GHC), or
        (b)&nbsp;build them yourself on any machine with a working
-       GHC.</para>
+       GHC.  If at all possible this should be a machine with the
+       same word size as the target.</para>
 
        <para>There is a script available which should automate the
        process of doing the 2-stage bootstrap necessary to get the