From owner-freebsd-sparc Sun Nov 29 16:59:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA25618 for freebsd-sparc-outgoing; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 16:59:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bright.fx.genx.net (bright.fx.genx.net [206.64.4.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA25611 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 16:59:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by bright.fx.genx.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id UAA46004; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 20:02:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) X-Authentication-Warning: bright.fx.genx.net: bright owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 20:02:45 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein X-Sender: bright@bright.fx.genx.net To: cnielsen@pobox.com cc: sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Huzzah! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 29 Nov 1998, Christopher Nielsen wrote: > > nopers, i don't have the wizardry to hack those into working order, i > > used: > > > > binutils-2.8.1.tar.gz gcc-2.7.2.2.tar.gz > > > > Sorry, but this seemed to be the workable option at the moment, unless > > gcc-2.8.1 compiles "out-of-the-box" for sparc64-elf i don't think i'll be > > able to use it. I just don't have the time to do both nor the skill imo. > > No problem. That's all that I've managed to get working, too. I've been > going through the source for binutils-2.9.1 and gcc-2.8.1 comparing the > patches for binutils-2.8.1 and gcc-2.7.2.2. So far all the patches I've > gone through have been applied. I still can't seem to get the newer > toolchain working, though. > > I have reached the same results you have; I've compiled the toolchain, and > I can compile simple test programs. I will do more testing with more > complex compilation over the next week. > If you are working on 2.7.2.2 i have patches up to make gcc conform to several freebsd-isms. Notably not requesting crt0.o and producing elf objects with the proper magic for the OpenBoot Prom. If i didn't hate HTML so much i'd have some pages up on what we're doing, i think i will put something up soon. > > > Have you tried barnesandnoble.com? > > > > Just did, ordered sparcV9 and Sparc & C programming & assembler. > > > > Should have it within the week. > > Cool! Those will be really useful. > Now all i need are several bookshelves... :) This is getting out of hand. -Alfred > -- > Christopher Nielsen > Scient: The eBusiness Systems Innovator > > cnielsen@scient.com > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message