[parisc-linux] Some things to do...

[parisc-linux] Some things to do...

[Alex deVries]

I just thought I'd revive things by spitting out a few things on the grand
to do list; I'm sure I'm missing things.  Please pipe up.

1. Fixing binutils

There's problems with binutils and linking.  I can't tell you precisely
what because I don't understnad it myself.  I know we need to resolve the
ELF situation.  Ulrich, comments on this?

2. Kernel stuff

Even the basic kernel building needs a lot of help; doing a 'make dep'
shouldn't build the whhole thing.  A non-kernel aware person might have
fun with that.

There's of course MMU and interrupt stuff, but we need the binutils sorted
out first I suspect.

3. Renaming.

I suspect cygnus isn't going to like this a whole lot, but really the
*true* name of the CPU is PA RISC, not HPPA.  This really isn't open for
debate anymore.  So we either need aliases written into autoconf scripts,
and possibly might need other changes to binutils and egcs.  Comments on
how to do this from Cygnus would be appreciated.

4. The bootloader.

We need to get more into making the bootloader interactive, and cleaning
up the source a bit.

5. Fixing the cross compiler packaging.

This is another easy one.  The current binary rpms are somewhat broken in
where they leave files, so that really needs to be redone.  Justin's got
some debian packages for those of you inclined that way.

So, step right up...

- Alex
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Alex deVries <puffin@redhat.com>     
Red Hat Contrib Net maintainer          
Ottawa, Canada  
PA RISC Linux Porting Team

Re: [parisc-linux] Some things to do...

[Ulrich Drepper]

Alex deVries <adevries@redhat.com> writes:

> 1. Fixing binutils
> 
> There's problems with binutils and linking.  I can't tell you precisely
> what because I don't understnad it myself.  I know we need to resolve the
> ELF situation.  Ulrich, comments on this?

I certainly need this ASAP but won't make a comment until I've seen
the code.  This can't happen until after Apr 25th (I'll be gone next
week).

> [name aliases...]
> Comments on how to do this from Cygnus would be appreciated.

Talk to Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> the autoconf maintainer.

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Re: [parisc-linux] Some things to do...

[Michael Shalayeff]

Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from Alex deVries:
> 
> I just thought I'd revive things by spitting out a few things on the grand
> to do list; I'm sure I'm missing things.  Please pipe up.

> 1. Fixing binutils
> There's problems with binutils and linking.  I can't tell you precisely
> what because I don't understnad it myself.  I know we need to resolve the
> ELF situation.  Ulrich, comments on this?
i'm not Ulrich but, Jeff Law said that current ld support is clearly
quick and dirty hack he did, which has to be wiped out, and
rewritten from scratch.
there are no "small bugs" in it, it's just wrong (:

> 2. Kernel stuff
> There's of course MMU and interrupt stuff, but we need the binutils sorted
> out first I suspect.
anything we can work out here, guys, i can help? (:

cu

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    paranoic mickey       (my employers have changed but, the name has remained)

Re: [parisc-linux] Some things to do...

[Alex deVries]

On 16 Apr 1999, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> > [name aliases...]
> > Comments on how to do this from Cygnus would be appreciated.
> 
> Talk to Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> the autoconf maintainer.

I'll take the lead on this, since I've had the naming discussions with HP.

- Alex

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Alex deVries <puffin@redhat.com>     
Red Hat Contrib Net maintainer          
Ottawa, Canada  
PA RISC Linux Porting Team