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Re: [PATCH] PowerPC64 port part 2 of 7
- From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- To: Steven Munroe <sjmunroe at vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com, aj at suse dot de
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 21:51:22 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] PowerPC64 port part 2 of 7
- References: <200208191853.g7JIr3I31678@skunk.rchland.ibm.com>
- Reply-to: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 01:53:03PM -0500, Steven Munroe wrote:
> *** 101,104 ****
> --- 102,110 ----
> of all the other tools, of course). See also ?excpt.
>
> + ??powerpc64 Which compiler should I use for powerpc64?
> +
> + {SM} You want to use at least gcc 3.1.1 (together with the right versions
> + of all the other tools, of course).
> +
I don't think it is good to promote gcc 3.1.1 as first version if gcc 3.0
or 3.1 had no support for ppc64, as it is ABI incompatible with 3.2.
Writing 3.2 is IMHO much better.
> Local Variables:
> diff -rc2PN -x *.orig libc23-cvstip-20020815/Makeconfig libc23/Makeconfig
> *** libc23-cvstip-20020815/Makeconfig Tue Apr 30 17:00:46 2002
> --- libc23/Makeconfig Thu Aug 15 16:54:50 2002
> ***************
> *** 667,671 ****
> --- 667,674 ----
> libtype.os := lib%_pic.a
> # This can be changed by a sysdep makefile
> + # PPC64 is always so gcc complains if you specify -fpic or -fPIC
> + ifneq (powerpc64,$(config-machine))
> pic-ccflag = -fPIC
> + endif
This should go into arch specific Makefile, which would
pic-ccflag =
Jakub