From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f3IKbNb19265 for linux-mips-outgoing; Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:37:23 -0700 Received: from nevyn.them.org (mail@NEVYN.RES.CMU.EDU [128.2.145.225]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f3IKbLM19255 for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:37:21 -0700 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 14pyhb-0007jJ-00; Wed, 18 Apr 2001 16:37:27 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 16:37:27 -0400 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: "Steven J. Hill" Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Question on the binutils tradlittlemips patch Message-ID: <20010418163727.A29531@nevyn.them.org> References: <20010418141959.A24473@nevyn.them.org> <3ADDFD6A.AD0DDE4A@cotw.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.16i In-Reply-To: <3ADDFD6A.AD0DDE4A@cotw.com>; from sjhill@cotw.com on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 03:47:38PM -0500 Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 03:47:38PM -0500, Steven J. Hill wrote: > Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > > > I've been trying to make this patch work as part of a complete > > toolchain, based on glibc. In addition to a little snag (when building > > glibc for big-endian mips you need an equivalent change in the target > > format), I hit a serious shared library error - nothing linked > > dynamically worked. This is the cause: > > > Yes, I have a patch against GLIBC. Go to my FTP site here: > > ftp://ftp.cotw.com/pub/linux/nino/toolchain > > It is currently a hack as I have not figured out how to construct a > patch for GLIBC since it will break the other MIPS targets. See if > it helps. If you're referring to libc-mips-04052001.patch.bz2, that's what I started with. I needed two changes on top of it. I'll post them in a bit. -- Daniel Jacobowitz Debian GNU/Linux Developer Monta Vista Software Debian Security Team