Re: New modutils for Sparc/Ultra
Any word on the compatibility/ bugs with the new CPU rev for the 360 MHZ Ultra
AXi (CPU for the Ultra 5 & 10) & 400MHZ Ultra Sparc II (Blackbird).
What is the status on SMP for the Ultra AXmp Quad CPU board.
Steve Dunham wrote:
> Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@cs.leidenuniv.nl> writes:
>
> > Previously Steve Dunham wrote:
> > > It's a single modutils package that works on both systems, using a
> > > hack from UltraPenguin. I'm passing the patches on to the official
> > > maintainer now.
>
> > New packages are waiting in incoming.
>
> Ok, the current status is:
>
> The modutils that work on both sparc32 and sparc64 are incoming.
> glibc_2.0.105 for the sparc is in Incoming (fixes netscape problems)
> egcs_1.1.1 for the Sparc is in Incoming
> (brings sparc up to date with i386, and lets you link C++ programs
> after upgrading your libc)
>
> I've verified that all of these work on both sparc32 and sparc64 and
> that the new libraries from both glibc and egcs are backwards
> compatible with both C and C++ programs.
>
> I will be uploading other out of date packages RSN. (xfig, transfig,
> sendmail, which has problems anyways, etc.)
>
> On the Ultra front, I need to do binutils next, then kernel packages
> and then the X servers. At that point I'll make install images and
> Debian will be easy to install on both Sparc32 and Sparc64.
>
> Steve
> dunham@cse.msu.edu
>
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