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 f56ISw510669 for linux-mips-outgoing; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:28:58 -0700 Received: from sgi.com (sgi.SGI.COM [192.48.153.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id f56ISuh10666 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:28:57 -0700 Received: from nevyn.them.org (gateway-1237.mvista.com [12.44.186.158]) by sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via ESMTP id LAA06670 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:28:43 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (drow@nevyn.them.org) Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 157hbP-00060j-00; Wed, 06 Jun 2001 11:00:19 -0700 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:00:19 -0700 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Cc: "H . J . Lu" , linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: New toolchain for Linux/mips Message-ID: <20010606110019.A23009@nevyn.them.org> References: <20010606090816.C21351@lucon.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.16i In-Reply-To: ; from macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl on Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 07:48:24PM +0200 Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 07:48:24PM +0200, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, H . J . Lu wrote: > > > There are many changes in gdb, especially in thread and C++ supports. > > We need those on mips also. I am willing to spend my time. But I need > > some help. I don't know much about mips :-(. > > It would be nice to have at least basic C support in mainline. > > > I'd like to get gdb working first. Do you have time to answer some > > questions? > > I often have time to write mails (but I don't have most of my development > resources here). Feel free to ask -- I'll try to answer as I can. I > haven't been into MIPS/Linux development tools for some time now, since > they are mostly working for me, so my memory might be vague. I'm working > on the kernel mostly these days -- my primary goal is to find out why > Linux crashes hard when building binutils natively on my DECstation (the > progress is at a snail speed, unfortunately). I've actually spent this week porting the gdb CVS head to MIPS; I've got it almost entirely working now. There's one problem with SIGTRAP that I haven't quite figured out yet, and thread attach isn't quite working, and there's a kernel bug I've been repeatedly triggering that I think I just fixed. I anticipate it all being done in a couple of days - I'll post here and on the GDB list when I have it in slightly better shape. -- Daniel Jacobowitz Debian GNU/Linux Developer Monta Vista Software Debian Security Team