Re: [GIT PULL] Trivial sh64 updates for 2.6.23-rc1

[Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 04:07:21PM +0200, Jan Dittmer wrote:
> Paul Mundt wrote:
> >Paul Mundt (5):
> >      sh64: Wire up fallocate() syscall.
> >      sh64: Update cayman defconfig.
> >      sh64: Fix up PCI section mismatch warnings.
> >      sh64: Move entry point code to .text.head.
> >      sh64: Flag sh64_get_page() as __init_refok.
> 
> Tangential question. Which is the currently recommended cross toolchain
> for sh64? With "gcc 3.2 20020529", "binutils 020306 20030206" (some
> binary toolchain from ~2 years ago somewhere off the web) I get [1]
> 
>   CC      fs/seq_file.o
>   CC      fs/xattr.o
> fs/xattr.c: In function `vfs_listxattr':
> fs/xattr.c:161: unrecognizable insn:
> (insn 162 159 114 (set (subreg:DI (reg:SI 181) 0)
>         (reg:DI 182)) -1 (nil)
>     (nil))
> fs/xattr.c:161: Internal compiler error in get_attr_highpart, at 
> insn-attrtab.c:6211
> Please submit a full bug report,
> with preprocessed source if appropriate.
> See <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/bugs.html> for instructions.
> make[2]: *** [fs/xattr.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [fs] Error 2
> make: *** [_all] Error 2
> 
> gcc 3.4.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x don't build for me from source
> (target -superh-linux-gnu, binutils 2.15.x or 2.17.x).

I've been using sh64-linux targetted toolchains created from the gentoo
crossdev, which works fine with stock versions. I can send you a tarball
of the toolchain off-list if you like.

Applications are still in a pretty questionable state with recent
compilers, but the kernel does hold up well enough.