Update for FAQ.in: S390/MIPS
Andreas Jaeger
aj@suse.de
Tue Sep 19 06:09:00 GMT 2000
I'd like to add the following patch to the FAQ. Is this ok?
Andreas
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Index: FAQ.in
--- FAQ.in 2000/08/09 07:10:58 1.105
+++ FAQ.in 2000/09/19 13:07:45
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
arm-*-linuxaout Linux-2.x on ARM using a.out binaries
mips*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on MIPS
ia64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on ia64
+ s390-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on IBM S/390
Ports to other Linux platforms are in development, and may in fact work
already, but no one has sent us success reports for them. Currently no
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@
You should always try to use the latest official release. Older versions
may not have all the features GNU libc requires. The current releases of
egcs (1.0.3 and 1.1.1) should work with the GNU C library (for powerpc see
-?powerpc; for ARM see ?arm).
+?powerpc; for ARM see ?arm; for MIPS see ?mips).
While the GNU CC should be able to compile glibc it is nevertheless adviced
to use EGCS. Comparing the sizes of glibc on Intel compiled with a recent
@@ -380,6 +381,17 @@
directories. I strongly advise to upgrade your make version to 3.79 or
newer.
+
+??mips Which tools should I use for MIPS?
+
+{AJ} Either use as compiler egcs 1.1.2 or the current development version of
+gcc 2.96 from CVS. gcc 2.95.x does not work correctly on mips-linux.
+
+You need recent binutils, anything before and including 2.10 will not work
+correctly. Either try the Linux binutils 2.10.0.26 from HJ Lu or the
+current development version of binutils.
+
+For details check also my page < http://www.suse.de/~aj/glibc-mips.html >.
? Installation and configuration issues
--
Andreas Jaeger
SuSE Labs aj@suse.de
private aj@arthur.inka.de
http://www.suse.de/~aj
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