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> mips, |
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This is happening, but we would need to make a major leap forward on some |
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packages. We'd need at bare minimum, gcc-4.1 CVS HEAD, glibc CVS HEAD, and |
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binutils CVS HEAD just to even get the compiler base built. considering we're |
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still on 3.4.4, I don't see this happening for awhile. |
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geoman's been working on a gcc-4 userland, and has been finding some solutions |
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around some rather annoying bugs, like a librt patch we copied from debian back |
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in 2003 that came back and bit us, as well as some studies of a new -msym32 flag |
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to replace out o64 hacks in IP22/IP32 kernels. |
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We also use a patch for gcc-3.4.4 that adds optimization (-march/-mtune) support |
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for the R10000 processors that hasn't been ported to gcc-4 or carried upstream. |
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Every attempt I've made to get some gcc-hacker to port it (it's only 12kb), I |
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either get no response or a link to the gcc info manual on compiler internals. |
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Once these are fixed, then there's the fun part of actually testing everything. |
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On two ABIs (o32/n32) as well. And n32 is kind of stuck in the mud again due |
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to an undiscovered pthreads bug that h0rks our glib package, making a userland a |
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bit impractical. |
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Safely stated, I think we're gonna be in linuxthreads-land for a wee bit longer :) |
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> sparc, |
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I have this running on my Blade 100, and it seems to work well, even with |
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glibc-2.3.5 in portage. Weeve probably has better info on its support, though. |
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--Kumba |
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Gentoo/MIPS Team Lead |
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Gentoo Foundation Board of Trustees |
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"Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands |
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do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere." --Elrond |
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