This patch allows users to build OpenBIOS on Mac OS X! The user just needs to install the elf cross compiler before applying this patch. 

signed-off-by: John Arbuckle <programmingkidx@gmail.com>

Index: config/scripts/switch-arch
===================================================================
--- config/scripts/switch-arch (revision 1117)
+++ config/scripts/switch-arch (working copy)
@@ -89,16 +89,27 @@

 

 archname()
 {
-    HOSTARCH=`uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/i86pc/x86/ \
- -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ -e s/sparc$/sparc32/ \
- -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ -e s/x86_64/amd64/ \
- -e "s/Power Macintosh/ppc/"`
+ OS_NAME=`uname`
+ if test "$OS_NAME" = "Darwin"; then     # Can't depend on uname -m on Mac OS X
+ IS_64BIT=`sysctl hw.cpu64bit_capable`
+ if test "$IS_64BIT" = "hw.cpu64bit_capable: 1"; then
+ HOSTARCH="amd64"
+ else
+ HOSTARCH="x86"
+ fi
+ else
+ HOSTARCH=`uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/i86pc/x86/ \
+ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ -e s/sparc$/sparc32/ \
+ -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ -e s/x86_64/amd64/ \
+ -e "s/Power Macintosh/ppc/"`
+ fi   
 }

 

 select_prefix()
 {
-    for TARGET in ${1}-unknown-linux-gnu- ${1}-linux-gnu- ${1}-linux- ${1}-elf- ${1}-eabi-
+    for TARGET in ${1}-unknown-linux-gnu- ${1}-linux-gnu- ${1}-linux- ${1}-elf- ${1}-eabi- ppc-elf-
     do
+        echo "Trying ${TARGET}gcc"
         if type ${TARGET}gcc > /dev/null 2>&1
         then
             return