From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 11:18:29 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] external-toolchain: Allow MIPS64 for Codesourcery MIPS toolchains In-Reply-To: References: <1368627740-4094-1-git-send-email-markos.chandras@gmail.com> <20130526152910.2a32ecbb@skate> Message-ID: <20130527111829.42368807@skate> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Dear Markos Chandras, On Mon, 27 May 2013 10:05:10 +0100, Markos Chandras wrote: > I did limited testing and I haven't seen this problem but I haven't > build busybox to be honest. > However, on the release notes they say they support MIPS64/n64 > https://sourcery.mentor.com/GNUToolchain/release2358?@template=datasheet > > so I just allowed buildroot to select this combination as well. > > My understanding is that the compilation problem is orthogonal to > mip64/n64 patch in the sense > that forbidding the combination just hides the problem for now :) I agree that the problem is orthogonal, but having an external toolchain that isn't even capable of building Busybox worries me a little bit. This means that an user selecting mips64 and external toolchain, and keep all the other options as default, will see a failing build. Not really nice. We have various issues with the toolchain from Mentor Graphics. It would be nice if we could have some contact to help solve those issues. Best regards, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com