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On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:00:00 -0500 |
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> Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Should we target package versions that aren't stabilized on other |
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>> architectures yet, so that we'll have an extended testing period |
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>> before they'll come up for stabilization? That is, can I plan to make |
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>> gcc-4.5.1 or something the first restabilized version of gcc, go ahead |
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>> and begin testing it, and be ready for stabilization when toolchain |
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>> requests it? |
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> I'd work on getting it ~mips before you think about stabilizing. ;) Last |
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> report I got it doesn't build. |
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I've been using gcc-4.5.1 for the last two weeks or so. :) |
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Should I add a ~mips keyword? |
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> What's your target hardware for stabilization? Are we still focusing on SGI |
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> stuff or moving on to newer platforms? |
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SGI stuff is going to become less and less interesting, but it's still |
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the most common MIPS hardware Gentoo users have [1]. |
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STMicroelectronics MIPS systems (Lemote, Gdium, etc) are becoming more |
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common, and we should definitely do a better job supporting them. (I |
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should mention that I've been loaned a Yeelong by Daniel Clark, of |
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freedomincluded.com, to fix up the siliconmotion driver.) |
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I think we can reasonably support both. The Broadcom board I have can |
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with the switch of a jumper operate in big or little-endian mode, so I |
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can use it for both. |
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Matt |
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[1] http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-mips/msg_65e25b7dae79f7b897ed59199919a2a2.xml |