From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30139 invoked by alias); 27 Nov 2007 22:34:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 30122 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Nov 2007 22:34:06 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mailout05.sul.t-online.de (HELO mailout05.sul.t-online.com) (194.25.134.82) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:34:00 +0000 Received: from fwd35.aul.t-online.de by mailout05.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1Ix904-00024D-02; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:33:52 +0100 Received: from [84.152.245.64] (b7Y32qZdohxLD8KXJqdrDULfqq2AOrmnbNr6FMAeVxNkhSfBaRhqlTioYjiS9HYQ7s@[84.152.245.64]) by fwd35.aul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1Ix8zy-1XRLRA0; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:33:46 +0100 Message-ID: <474C9B33.8060503@t-online.de> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:23:00 -0000 From: Bernd Schmidt User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071116) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Mitchell CC: Jie Zhang , gcc@gcc.gnu.org, GCC Patches Subject: Re: Link tests after GCC_NO_EXECUTABLES References: <46EFBCC1.6070200@gmail.com> <46EFC383.7020503@t-online.de> <46EFC9E9.7090201@gmail.com> <46EFCEF9.3060304@t-online.de> <46EFCF7A.2080704@gmail.com> <46EFD236.6080907@t-online.de> <46EFDA4D.3070006@gmail.com> <474C0C52.8050503@t-online.de> <474C8FA4.2040603@codesourcery.com> <474C95BA.1060807@t-online.de> <474C96C1.7010208@codesourcery.com> <474C98AA.50105@t-online.de> <474C9A65.2060902@codesourcery.com> In-Reply-To: <474C9A65.2060902@codesourcery.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ID: b7Y32qZdohxLD8KXJqdrDULfqq2AOrmnbNr6FMAeVxNkhSfBaRhqlTioYjiS9HYQ7s X-TOI-MSGID: ab1d9f60-08b3-49a6-9a55-1e511f69e7bd X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-patches-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-patches-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2007-11/txt/msg01521.txt.bz2 Mark Mitchell wrote: >> We have two uses for the bfin-elf compiler - building standalone >> applications, and bootstrapping uClibc for >> bfin-uclinux/bfin-linux-uclibc. > > Most targets just do the usual dance of building compilers and libraries > interleaved appropriately. For example, we build ARM uClinux compilers > without ever building an ARM ELF compiler. Why can't you do that for > Blackfin? It sounds more complicated than what we do. We just build bfin-elf, build uClibc with it, and build up the bfin-*linux* compilers. Just three simple steps. What do you do for ARM uClinux? > I really think that we ought to compare with what happens with MIPS or > Power and figure out what's different. Are you by any chance > configuring a native compiler, rather than a cross? No native compilers - I don't think the linux nommu memory manager would be very happy about running gcc. Running the testsuite is bad enough. Bernd -- This footer brought to you by insane German lawmakers. Analog Devices GmbH Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Str. 6 80807 Muenchen Sitz der Gesellschaft Muenchen, Registergericht Muenchen HRB 40368 Geschaeftsfuehrer Thomas Wessel, William A. Martin, Margaret Seif