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Re: binutils 2.7




On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, C. M. Heard/VVNET, Inc. wrote:

> > The crossgcc FAQ says to use binutils 2.6.  
> > 
> > Binutils 2.6 is rather old and I'd like to build with 2.7.  
> 
> If your target is a 64-bit MIPS processor (e.g. R4000, R4400, R4600,
> R4650, R4700) binutils 2.7 will _not_ work.  The problem reports are
> attached below my .signature.

Oops. Forgot to mention, target is sh-hms (Hitachi SH7032 32 bit RISC
MCU).
 
> > Do I still need to apply binutils-2.6-obj-coff.patch before applying the
> > patch to upgrade to 2.7?
> 
> That, I do not know, as I gave up on 2.7 when it failed to work on the
> targets that are of interest to me.
> 
> 

Maybe I should too. Just looked kinda odd because all the other tools are
relatively new and binutils 2.6 is a bit old.

Bernie