platform.py: Add mapping of uname to OS-independent values
diff --git a/buildstream/_platform/platform.py b/buildstream/_platform/platform.py
index d3e4b94..42b360f 100644
--- a/buildstream/_platform/platform.py
+++ b/buildstream/_platform/platform.py
@@ -73,6 +73,44 @@
else:
return min(cpu_count, cap)
+ @staticmethod
+ def get_host_os():
+ return os.uname()[0]
+
+ # get_host_arch():
+ #
+ # This returns the architecture of the host machine. The possible values
+ # map from uname -m in order to be a OS independent list.
+ #
+ # Returns:
+ # (string): String representing the architecture
+ @staticmethod
+ def get_host_arch():
+ # get the hardware identifier from uname
+ uname_machine = os.uname()[4]
+ uname_to_arch = {
+ "aarch64": "aarch64",
+ "aarch64_be": "aarch64-be",
+ "amd64": "x86-64",
+ "arm": "aarch32",
+ "armv8l": "aarch64",
+ "armv8b": "aarch64-be",
+ "i386": "x86-32",
+ "i486": "x86-32",
+ "i586": "x86-32",
+ "i686": "x86-32",
+ "ppc64": "power-isa-be",
+ "ppc64le": "power-isa-le",
+ "sparc": "sparc-v9",
+ "sparc64": "sparc-v9",
+ "x86_64": "x86-64"
+ }
+ try:
+ return uname_to_arch[uname_machine]
+ except KeyError:
+ raise PlatformError("uname gave unsupported machine architecture: {}"
+ .format(uname_machine))
+
##################################################################
# Sandbox functions #
##################################################################
