From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from oss.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7KF8NEC029901 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 08:08:23 -0700 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.3/Submit) id g7KF8NnT029900 for linux-mips-outgoing; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 08:08:23 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: oss.sgi.com: majordomo set sender to owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com using -f Received: from crack.them.org (mail@crack.them.org [65.125.64.184]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id g7KF8GEC029790 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 08:08:16 -0700 Received: from nevyn.them.org ([66.93.61.169] ident=mail) by crack.them.org with asmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17hAeq-0005Ma-00; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:11:00 -0500 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17hAfP-0006Qf-00; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:11:35 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:11:35 -0400 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Cc: Ralf Baechle , linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: New binutils for kernel Message-ID: <20020820151135.GA23807@nevyn.them.org> References: <20020820165835.B26852@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 05:08:20PM +0200, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > > > Well, I think 2.13's a good idea, but it's very new. I'd say that was > > > acceptable as long as you're looking at MIPS64 only, not at MIPS32. > > > > Such considerations have kept us back at antique levels of binutils. And > > juggling with several different versions for userland, and two kernel > > flavours is evil ... > > Any version since 2.11, possibly older, should work just fine for 32-bit > MIPS. I don't think there are any significant interface changes between > 2.11 and 2.13, so if 2.13 works then 2.11 will not bail out either. Thus > there is no need to force 2.13 for 32-bit MIPS, but I think it is > acceptable to stop caring about versions older than 2.11 in the nearby > future. Sure. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer