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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-mips@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-mips] Re: On MIPS using the same CHOST for all multilib ABIs
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:14:29
Message-Id: 52C09EA5.6070000@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-mips] Re: On MIPS using the same CHOST for all multilib ABIs by "Anthony G. Basile"
1 On 12/29/2013 09:52 PM, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
2 > On 12/29/2013 04:48 PM, Markos Chandras wrote:
3 >> On 12/29/2013 09:48 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
4 >>> Dnia 2013-12-29, o godz. 16:40:08
5 >>> Joshua Kinard <kumba@g.o> napisał(a):
6 >>>
7 >>>> On 12/28/2013 5:58 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
8 >>>>> I've noticed today that mips uses the same CHOST value for all three
9 >>>>> ABIs it supports:
10 >>>>>
11 >>>>> arch/mips/mips64/multilib/make.defaults:CHOST_o32="${CHOST}"
12 >>>>> arch/mips/mips64/multilib/make.defaults:CHOST_n32=${CHOST}
13 >>>>> arch/mips/mips64/multilib/make.defaults:CHOST_n64=${CHOST}
14 >>>>> arch/mips/mipsel/mips64el/multilib/make.defaults:CHOST_o32="${CHOST}"
15 >>>>> arch/mips/mipsel/mips64el/multilib/make.defaults:CHOST_n32="${CHOST}"
16 >>>>> arch/mips/mipsel/mips64el/multilib/make.defaults:CHOST_n64="${CHOST}"
17 >>>>>
18 >>>>> [...]
19 >>>>
20 >>>> Matt can probably vouch for this better, but the only two ABIs
21 >>>> affected by
22 >>>> this are n32 and n64. mips[el]-unknown-linux-gnu implies a 32-bit
23 >>>> big/little endian CHOST, which means the o32 ABI.
24 >>>> mips64[el]-unknown-linux-gnu means either n32 or n64. So no change
25 >>>> should
26 >>>> be needed for o32-based installs.
27 >>>
28 >>> Just to be clear:
29 >>>
30 >>> profiles/arch/mips/mipsel/mips64el/multilib/make.defaults:
31 >>>
32 >>> CHOST="mips64el-unknown-linux-gnu"
33 >>>
34 >>> [...]
35 >>>
36 >>> CFLAGS_o32="-mabi=32"
37 >>> CHOST_o32="${CHOST}"
38 >>>
39 >>> CFLAGS_n32="-mabi=n32"
40 >>> CHOST_n32="${CHOST}"
41 >>>
42 >>> CFLAGS_n64="-mabi=64"
43 >>> CHOST_n64="${CHOST}"
44 >>>
45 >>> So in this case, o32 actually uses mips64el-unknown-linux-gnu, unless
46 >>> I'm missing something.
47 >>>
48 >>
49 >> Yes all 3 ABIs use the same tuple.
50 >>
51 >
52 > I think people are missing Mike's point from earlier, which is that
53 > tuples label toolchains and a toolchain can support multiple abis. So
54 > for example, what would one do on a system which simultaneously has o32,
55 > n32 and n64? -gnuabi32n32n64 looks pretty crazy.
56 >
57 There is only one default ABI, so the toolchain should be named after
58 that. But that does not mean the toolchain can't build for different ABIs
59
60 --
61 Regards,
62 Markos Chandras

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Re: [gentoo-mips] Re: On MIPS using the same CHOST for all multilib ABIs "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o>