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Re: m68k kernels and cross-compilers



On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:05:30AM +0200, Christian T. Steigies wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:06:59PM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote:
> > I got a bunch of cool gifts today. So ....
> > 
> > I built i386 to m68k cross-compilers for gcc-4.1, gcc-4.2, 
> > and gcc-4.3.
> > <http://people.debian.org/~smarenka/m68k/cross-compilers>
> > 
> > I used those and Roman's cool patch to build kernel packages for
> > testing. These are built with gcc-4.1, which is probably an abi 
> > changing kind of thing, but try them out anyway.
> > <http://people.debian.org/~smarenka/m68k/kernel>
> 
> Great news! The debian kernels (except m68k) are built with gcc-4.2, but
> there is talk that this be switched to gcc-4.3 soon. Do kernels built wth
> gcc-4.3 work as well as those build with gcc-3.3? It would be great if m68k
> could be more in line with other arches here.

Interesting since the source for 2.6.25-5 implies that all the other 
archs use gcc-4.1. :)

I'll try rebuilding with the current gcc-4.3. Maybe we can catch up all
at once.

> > It's been a good day. :)
> 
> Its still getting better, Kieler Woche starts today :-)

Now I'm just jealous. I haven't been sailing in years. I planned on 
going sailing while we were at the beach, but my shoulder ended that 
plan. (At least it's fixed now.)

Enjoy!

-- 
Stephen R. Marenka     If life's not fun, you're not doing it right!
<stephen@marenka.net>

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