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 f3N4YUQ04899 for linux-mips-outgoing; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 21:34:30 -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 f3N4YSM04895 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 21:34:29 -0700 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 14rY3c-0005yw-00; Mon, 23 Apr 2001 00:34:40 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 00:34:40 -0400 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Keith M Wesolowski Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Question on the binutils tradlittlemips patch Message-ID: <20010423003440.A20179@nevyn.them.org> References: <20010418141959.A24473@nevyn.them.org> <3ADDFD6A.AD0DDE4A@cotw.com> <20010418163727.A29531@nevyn.them.org> <20010422180718.A6180@foobazco.org> <20010422221953.A9097@nevyn.them.org> <20010422212301.B6180@foobazco.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.16i In-Reply-To: <20010422212301.B6180@foobazco.org>; from wesolows@foobazco.org on Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 09:23:01PM -0700 Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 09:23:01PM -0700, Keith M Wesolowski wrote: > On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 10:19:53PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > > I have them working in the case I care about - no backwards > > compatibility at all. We (Monta Vista) can get away with this :) > > I've attached the patches. > > This looks like what I have come up with as well. I don't care about > backward compatibility either. If someone else wants to support > broken crap that's their problem; in an age where we have scripts and > makefiles to rebuild entire systems from source I can't see the point > of binary compatibility. Don't you wish? My other hat is Debian, which can't just ditch existing MIPS installations like that. -- Daniel Jacobowitz Debian GNU/Linux Developer Monta Vista Software Debian Security Team