From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23FB513829C for ; Tue, 31 May 2016 23:17:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DD31325402F; Tue, 31 May 2016 23:17:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6C6C525402F for ; Tue, 31 May 2016 23:17:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from greysprite.dite (cpe-74-77-145-97.buffalo.res.rr.com [74.77.145.97]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: blueness) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3A129340A9C for ; Tue, 31 May 2016 23:17:27 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-mips] New Generic O32/N32 MIPS stages for Big-Endian systems To: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org References: From: "Anthony G. Basile" Message-ID: <4a9749e3-2a93-605c-9217-9d097c0f8125@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 19:17:24 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.1.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f62ef967-75bb-440a-a1e1-1afc782f994f X-Archives-Hash: 8b82bd5afd517dce06439f7af74867cb On 5/31/16 7:10 PM, Joshua Kinard wrote: > I've recently uploaded new stage builds for big-endian machines in the > following ABI/ISA combinations to the mirrors in the experimental/mips/stages > folders: > > - MIPS-II for O32 > - MIPS-III for N32 > - MIPS-IV for N32 > - R10000 build for N32 > - R12000+ build for N32 > > These stages are based on a 20160506 Portage snapshot (yes, it took close to a > month to build everything), so fresh installs will likely have to wrestle with > the recent update to perl-5.24. All are built with gcc-5.3.0 against > glibc-2.23-r2. > > Additional information is available in the README.2016 and README files. > > I am also in the process of building MIPS-II stages for O32/uClibc as well, > which will likely be based on a 20160531 snapshot (assuming no bugs). > > Note: These are the "old" ISAs, commonly used on SGI systems. Those running > the "MIPS32" (R2 through R6) ISA can use the MIPS-II/O32 stage3 as a base for > an install and rebuild to better match the target machine. Those on "MIPS64" > (R2 through R6) can use the MIPS-IV/N32 stage3 as a base for an install and > rebuild. Again, all are big-endian architecture, as I have no working > little-endian machines right now. > > Work on an updated netboot image for the SGI machines is still pending due to > lack of time. I've got a basic script worked up that lets me manually copy > target binaries and dependent libs to a chroot folder, but I haven't made much > progress beyond that. > > Any issues or bugs, please assign to mips@gentoo.org in our Bugzilla. > > Happy compiling!, > thanks for keeping this alive! -- Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened] E-Mail : blueness@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 1FED FAD9 D82C 52A5 3BAB DC79 9384 FA6E F52D 4BBA GnuPG ID : F52D4BBA