platforms.md

@@ -20,30 +20,33 @@ Criteria for Tier 1 platforms:
 - An active sponsor, willing to investigate and fix platform-specific bugs, and 
   to work with us during the release process
 
-<table><tr><th>**Architecture**</th>
-<th>**OS**</th>
-<th>**Build name**</th>
-<th>**GHCi**</th>
-<th>**NCG**</th>
-<th>**Dyn libs**</th>
-<th>**Sponsor**</th>
-<th>**WikiPage**</th></tr>
+<table><tr><th> <b>Architecture</b> </th>
+<th> <b>OS</b>        </th>
+<th> <b>Build name</b>         </th>
+<th> <b>GHCi</b> </th>
+<th> <b>NCG</b> </th>
+<th> <b>Dyn libs</b> </th>
+<th> <b>Sponsor</b> </th>
+<th> <b>WikiPage</b> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> x86                </th>
 <th> Windows (MinGW) </th>
 <th> i386-unknown-mingw32     </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
-<th> Yes(\*W)        </th>
+<th> Yes(*W)        </th>
 <th> GHC HQ        </th>
-<th>[Platforms/Windows](platforms/windows)</th></tr>
+<th> <a href="platforms/windows">Platforms/Windows</a> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> x86-64             </th>
 <th> Windows (MinGW) </th>
 <th> x86_64-unknown-mingw32   </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
-<th> Yes(\*W)        </th>
+<th> Yes(*W)        </th>
 <th> GHC HQ        </th>
-<th>[Platforms/Windows](platforms/windows)</th></tr>
+<th> <a href="platforms/windows">Platforms/Windows</a> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> x86                </th>
 <th> Linux           </th>
 <th> i386-unknown-linux       </th>
@@ -51,7 +54,8 @@ Criteria for Tier 1 platforms:
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> Yes            </th>
 <th> GHC HQ        </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> x86-64             </th>
 <th> Linux           </th>
 <th> x86_64-unknown-linux     </th>
@@ -59,7 +63,8 @@ Criteria for Tier 1 platforms:
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> Yes            </th>
 <th> GHC HQ        </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> x86-64             </th>
 <th> MacOS X         </th>
 <th> x86_64-apple-darwin      </th>
@@ -67,7 +72,10 @@ Criteria for Tier 1 platforms:
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> Yes            </th>
 <th> GHC HQ        </th>
-<th>[Building/Preparation/MacOSX](building/preparation/mac-osx)</th></tr></table>
+<th> <a href="building/preparation/mac-osx">Building/Preparation/MacOSX</a> 
+</th></tr></table>
+
+
 
 **\*W** Windows DLL support currently quite limited due to platform limitations (see [\#5987](https://gitlab.haskell.org//ghc/ghc/issues/5987))
 
@@ -87,167 +95,193 @@ platform, but to express the fact that they aren't going to hold up the release.
 We'd like to promote as many
 Tier 2 platforms as possible to Tier 1, as soon as they meet the Tier 1 criteria.
 
-<table><tr><th>**Architecture**</th>
-<th>**OS**</th>
-<th>**Build name**</th>
-<th>**GHCi**</th>
-<th>**NCG**</th>
-<th>**Dyn libs**</th>
-<th>**WikiPage**</th></tr>
+
+<table><tr><th> <b>Architecture</b> </th>
+<th> <b>OS</b>        </th>
+<th> <b>Build name</b>         </th>
+<th> <b>GHCi</b> </th>
+<th> <b>NCG</b> </th>
+<th> <b>Dyn libs</b> </th>
+<th> <b>WikiPage</b> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> x86                </th>
 <th> FreeBSD         </th>
 <th> i386-portbld-freebsd     </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> Yes            </th>
-<th>[FreeBSDGhc](free-bsd-ghc)</th></tr>
+<th> <a href="free-bsd-ghc">FreeBSDGhc</a> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> x86-64             </th>
 <th> FreeBSD         </th>
 <th> amd64-portbld-freebsd    </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> Yes            </th>
-<th>[FreeBSDGhc](free-bsd-ghc)</th></tr>
+<th> <a href="free-bsd-ghc">FreeBSDGhc</a> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> x86                </th>
 <th> OpenBSD         </th>
 <th> i386-unknown-openbsd     </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> No             </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> x86                </th>
 <th> Solaris         </th>
 <th> i386-unknown-solaris2    </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
-<th> Yes (\*S4)      </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> Yes (*S4)      </th>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> x86-64             </th>
 <th> OpenBSD         </th>
 <th> amd64-unknown-openbsd    </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> No             </th>
-<th>[Preparing and Building OpenBSD](building/preparation/open-bsd)</th></tr>
+<th> <a href="building/preparation/open-bsd">Preparing and Building OpenBSD</a> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> x86-64             </th>
 <th> DragonFly       </th>
 <th> x86_64-portbld-dragonfly </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> Yes            </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> PowerPC            </th>
 <th> Linux           </th>
 <th> powerpc-unknown-linux    </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> Yes            </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> PowerPC64          </th>
 <th> Linux           </th>
 <th> powerpc64-unknown-linux  </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> Yes            </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> PowerPC64le        </th>
 <th> Linux           </th>
 <th> powerpc64le-unknown-linux</th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> Yes            </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> Sparc              </th>
 <th> Linux           </th>
 <th> sparc-unknown-linux      </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> No             </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> IA-64              </th>
 <th> Linux           </th>
 <th> ia64-unknown-linux       </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> No        </th>
 <th> No             </th>
-<th>[Building/IA64Linux](building/i-a64-linux)</th></tr>
+<th> <a href="building/i-a64-linux">Building/IA64Linux</a> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> Alpha              </th>
 <th> Linux           </th>
 <th> alpha-unknown-linux      </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> No        </th>
 <th> No             </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> HPPA               </th>
 <th> Linux           </th>
 <th> hppa-unknown-linux       </th>
 <th> ?          </th>
 <th> No        </th>
 <th> ?              </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> S/390              </th>
 <th> Linux           </th>
 <th> s390-ibm-linux           </th>
 <th> ?          </th>
 <th> No        </th>
 <th> ?              </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> m68k               </th>
 <th> Linux           </th>
 <th> m68k-unknown-linux       </th>
 <th> ?          </th>
 <th> No        </th>
 <th> ?              </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> mips               </th>
 <th> Linux           </th>
 <th> mips-unknown-linux       </th>
 <th> ?          </th>
 <th> No        </th>
 <th> ?              </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> mipsel             </th>
 <th> Linux           </th>
 <th> mipsel-unknown-linux     </th>
 <th> ?          </th>
 <th> No        </th>
 <th> ?              </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> ARM                </th>
 <th> Linux           </th>
 <th> arm-unknown-linux        </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> No        </th>
 <th> Yes            </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> ARM                </th>
 <th> Debian armel    </th>
 <th> arm-linux-gnueabi        </th>
 <th> ?          </th>
 <th> No        </th>
 <th> ?              </th>
-<th>[Building/ARMLinuxGnuEABI](building/arm-linux-gnu-eabi)</th></tr>
+<th> <a href="building/arm-linux-gnu-eabi">Building/ARMLinuxGnuEABI</a> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> ARM                </th>
 <th> iOS             </th>
 <th> arm-apple-darwin10       </th>
 <th> No         </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> No             </th>
-<th>[Building/CrossCompiling/iOS](building/cross-compiling/i-os)</th></tr>
+<th> <a href="building/cross-compiling/i-os">Building/CrossCompiling/iOS</a> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> PowerPC            </th>
 <th> AIX             </th>
 <th> powerpc-ibm-aix          </th>
 <th> No         </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> No             </th>
-<th>[Building/AIX](building/aix)</th></tr>
+<th> <a href="building/aix">Building/AIX</a> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> x86                </th>
 <th> MacOS X         </th>
 <th> i386-apple-darwin        </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> No             </th>
-<th>[Attic/X86OSXGhc](attic/x86-osx-ghc)</th></tr></table>
+<th> <a href="attic/x86-osx-ghc">Attic/X86OSXGhc</a> 
+</th></tr></table>
+
+
 
 **\*S4** shared libraries are supported on Solaris 11 version 11/11 and higher
 
@@ -257,80 +291,108 @@ In most cases, binaries for the Tier 2 platforms can be downloaded from the [Dis
 ## Tier 3 platforms
 
 
+
 Tier 3 platforms worked in the past, but probably do not work now.
 
-<table><tr><th>**Architecture**</th>
-<th>**OS**</th>
-<th>**Build name**</th>
-<th>**GHCi**</th>
-<th>**NCG**</th>
-<th>**Dyn libs**</th>
-<th>**WikiPage**</th></tr>
+
+<table><tr><th> <b>Architecture</b> </th>
+<th> <b>OS</b>         </th>
+<th> <b>Build name</b>        </th>
+<th> <b>GHCi</b> </th>
+<th> <b>NCG</b> </th>
+<th> <b>Dyn libs</b> </th>
+<th> <b>WikiPage</b> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> Mips64             </th>
 <th> Irix             </th>
 <th> mips-sgi-irix           </th>
 <th> ?          </th>
 <th> No        </th>
 <th> ?              </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> x86                </th>
 <th> Windows (Cygwin) </th>
 <th> i386-unknown-cygwin32   </th>
 <th> No         </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> No(?)          </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> Alpha              </th>
 <th> Dec OSF          </th>
 <th> alpha-dec-osf3          </th>
 <th> No         </th>
 <th> No        </th>
 <th> No             </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> ARM                </th>
 <th> Maemo (Linux)    </th>
 <th> arm-unknown-linux-gnu   </th>
 <th> No         </th>
 <th> No        </th>
 <th> No             </th>
-<th>[ArmLinuxGhc](arm-linux-ghc)</th></tr>
+<th> <a href="arm-linux-ghc">ArmLinuxGhc</a>    
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> x86                </th>
 <th> NetBSD           </th>
 <th> i386-unknown-netbsd     </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> No             </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> x86-64             </th>
 <th> NetBSD           </th>
 <th> amd64-unknown-netbsd    </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> No             </th>
-<th></th></tr>
+<th> 
+</th></tr>
 <tr><th> Sparc              </th>
 <th> Solaris          </th>
 <th> sparc-sun-solaris2      </th>
 <th> Yes        </th>
 <th> Yes       </th>
 <th> No             </th>
-<th>[Building/Solaris](building/solaris)</th></tr></table>
+<th> <a href="building/solaris">Building/Solaris</a> 
+</th></tr></table>
+
 
 ## Definitions
 
+
+
 **GHCi**
 
+
+>
 >
 > The interactive environment, including dynamic linking of object
 > code and dynamic generation of FFI calls.
+>
+>
+
 
 **NCG**
 
+
+>
 >
 > Native code generator: GHC can generate assembly code directly for this platform, bypassing gcc.
+>
+>
+
 
 **Dynamic libraries**
 
+
+>
 >
 > Support for generating dynamically-linked sharable libraries from
 > Haskell code.
+>
+>
+