From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by oss.sgi.com id ; Thu, 6 Jul 2000 17:46:42 -0700 Received: from u-145.karlsruhe.ipdial.viaginterkom.de ([62.180.10.145]:14596 "EHLO u-145.karlsruhe.ipdial.viaginterkom.de") by oss.sgi.com with ESMTP id ; Thu, 6 Jul 2000 17:46:13 -0700 Received: by lappi.waldorf-gmbh.de id ; Fri, 7 Jul 2000 02:46:08 +0200 Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 02:46:08 +0200 From: Ralf Baechle To: Jeff Harrell Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com, bbrown@ti.com Subject: Re: Question concerning necessary libraries for 2.4.x kernel upgrade Message-ID: <20000707024608.D2303@bacchus.dhis.org> References: <3964C025.623F7F5@ti.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <3964C025.623F7F5@ti.com>; from jharrell@ti.com on Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 11:21:41AM -0600 X-Accept-Language: de,en,fr Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips-outgoing On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 11:21:41AM -0600, Jeff Harrell wrote: > I am currently upgrading my MIPS development board (Atlas) that contains > a R4Kc (jade core) > and version 2.2.12 of the Linux kernel to a 2.4.x series kernel. I > believe the libraries and applications > were built off of the hardhat distribution. We are able to run the > 2.4.x version of the kernel on the Atlas > board but are seeing problems with some of the executables. I examined > the Changes file and am in the > process of upgrading the following binaries/libraries.. > > GNU C 2.7.2.3 2.7.2.3 may work or not. Most people are using egcs 1.0.3a, so I recommend using that one. > binutils 2.9.1.0.22 DON'T touch, stick with 2.8.1. > util-linux 2.10g > modutils 2.3.0 I have no reports about modutils 2.3.0. > e2fsprogs 1.18 > pcmcia-cs 3.1.13 > ppp 2.4.0b1 > > I am seeing problems with executables such as awk, groff, troff, etc. > Will I need to rebuild each of these > applications against the new libraries to run or should they still > function after I have upgraded the previously > mentioned packages? Are there mipsel version of these packages (either > source or binaries) available somewhere? You can try the DECstation package (see howto) or get the src.rpm packages from oss.sgi.com which has a preliminary RH 6.0 port. The packages should build for little endian also. Ralf