Re: sh4 architecture into Wheezy
On 30.03.2011 21:17, Bill Traynor wrote:
> On 11-03-30 02:36 PM, Matthias Klose wrote:
>> On 30.03.2011 07:05, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu wrote:
>>> - ArchiveQualification of sh4
>>> http://wiki.debian.org/ArchiveQualification/sh4
>>>
>>> How do you think about including sh4 in the next release?
>> "Toolchain was supported by CodeSourcery"
>>
>> so it's not supported anymore? If this is correct, then this is a no-go for the
>> port. Besides this, who will care about the toolchain for this port within
>> Debian? I'm not keen on having another mips like maintained architecture.
>
> I've cleaned up the wiki a bit. The GNU toolchain supports SH4. However,
> CodeSourcery produces a version of the GNU toolchain as well. This toolchain is
> obtained separately by the user should they desire to use it.
this is not an option for Debian.
> Changes in the
> CodeSourcery toolchain do eventually get pushed upstream to the FSF GNU toolchain.
yes, CS does this, but there may be a delay, and in some cases you may only see
these changes submitted when the FSF GCC is in stage1.
Assuming that GCC 4.6 and binutils 2.22 are targeted for wheezy, who will care
about sh4 specific issues in the toolchain for wheezy?
Matthias
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