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Subject: Re: [gentoo-mips] Re: On MIPS using the same CHOST for all multilib ABIs
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Hello,

Please delete me from the list : *lists.gentoo.org
<http://lists.gentoo.org>*

Thanks,


2013/12/30 Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>

> On Sunday 29 December 2013 18:56:14 Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > so to turn your base argument around, we shouldn't be limiting Gentoo t=
o
> > only support CHOSTs that also select ABIs uniquely.
>
> also worth noting: we've been severely limiting ourselves as to the full
> range
> of possibilities.  when we say "ABI", we've largely been focusing on the
> most
> common aspect.  in reality, an ABI is defined by many more features like:
>  - endian (little/big)
>  - floating point (hard/soft/etc...)
>  - ISA selection (mips1/mips2/mips3/mips4/... or i386/i486/i586/i686/... =
or
> sse1/sse2/mmx/3dnow!/...)
> there are other aspects too, but these are the obvious ones that people a=
re
> selecting every day.  people have one toolchain which can generate code f=
or
> all of these things merely by flag selection, not different CHOST values.
>  in
> Gentoo we don't commonly support this as most people don't care, but it h=
as
> been done before.
> -mike
>



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S=E9bastien Bertoletto

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>Please delete me from the list :=
=A0<span style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:n=
owrap"><b><a href=3D"http://lists.gentoo.org">lists.gentoo.org</a></b></spa=
n></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space=
:nowrap"><b><br></b></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-family:arial,sans=
-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap">Thanks,</span></div></div><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2013/12/30 Mike Frysinger <span dir=3D"l=
tr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:vapier@gentoo.org" target=3D"_blank">vapier@gento=
o.org</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0=
 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class=3D"im">On Sunday 29 December 2013 18:56:14 Mike Frysinger wrote:=
<br>
&gt; so to turn your base argument around, we shouldn&#39;t be limiting Gen=
too to<br>
&gt; only support CHOSTs that also select ABIs uniquely.<br>
<br>
</div>also worth noting: we&#39;ve been severely limiting ourselves as to t=
he full range<br>
of possibilities. =A0when we say &quot;ABI&quot;, we&#39;ve largely been fo=
cusing on the most<br>
common aspect. =A0in reality, an ABI is defined by many more features like:=
<br>
=A0- endian (little/big)<br>
=A0- floating point (hard/soft/etc...)<br>
=A0- ISA selection (mips1/mips2/mips3/mips4/... or i386/i486/i586/i686/... =
or<br>
sse1/sse2/mmx/3dnow!/...)<br>
there are other aspects too, but these are the obvious ones that people are=
<br>
selecting every day. =A0people have one toolchain which can generate code f=
or<br>
all of these things merely by flag selection, not different CHOST values. =
=A0in<br>
Gentoo we don&#39;t commonly support this as most people don&#39;t care, bu=
t it has<br>
been done before.<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">-mike<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <b=
r><div dir=3D"ltr">S=E9bastien Bertoletto</div>
</div>

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