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Re: [patch] MIPS64: A 32-bit address range fix
- From: Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>
- To: macro at ds2 dot pg dot gda dot pl
- Cc: ica2_ts at csv dot ica dot uni-stuttgart dot de, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:22:26 -0700
- Subject: Re: [patch] MIPS64: A 32-bit address range fix
- References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1020710124653.15937A-100000@delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl>
- Reply-to: Geoff Keating <geoffk at redhat dot com>
> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:50:14 +0200 (MET DST)
> From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>
> On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Geoff Keating wrote:
>
> > > Thanks for the pointer, but glibc is needed for tests requiring an
> > > ability to execute as far as I can see. So they won't work with a
> > > cross-compiler anyway, will they?
> >
> > No, you can run glibc tests that have been cross-compiled. I think
> > you have to run them by hand, though.
>
> On the build system??? I'm not sure if it was clear from my mails, but I
> *don't* have a running MIPS64 host at this stage.
Oh, sorry, I misunderstood.
Yes, you need the ability to run C programs on the target machine
before you can run the execute tests in the testsuite. However, you
do not need a native development environment on the target machine,
the tests will run fine if you only have a cross-compiler.
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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> <geoffk@redhat.com>