Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 17:40:05 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: External toolchain support Message-ID: <20141202164005.GA50189@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <836E78AA-6ED5-4E29-A3CE-1D866592A55E@netflix.com> References: <20141129150440.GC88765@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <F29A9EDB-A3DF-4D63-9EC4-598F64675416@gmail.com> <20141202083132.GB35285@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <836E78AA-6ED5-4E29-A3CE-1D866592A55E@netflix.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 09:23:00AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > > > On Dec 2, 2014, at 1:31 AM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 10:05:29PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > >> > >>> On Nov 29, 2014, at 8:04 AM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> It is now possible to use an external toolchain to build the kernel and base > >>> (tested with gcc 4.9.1 and latest binutils) > >>> > >>> Of course a lot of work is needed to make it build cleanly (aka lots of warning > >>> to fix). > >>> > >>> What have been tested so far: > >>> - sparc64 kernel + world > >>> - amd64 kernel + world > >>> - powerpc64 kernel + world > >>> > >>> mips cannot be tested because upstream gcc never heard of FreeBSD running on > >>> mips, and I did not receive any patches for mips. > >> > >> I have patches for 4.8 or so knocking around somewhere... > > > > Seems like kan@ have patches for 4.9.1 and was able to build world with it! > > (that is mips64) > > Cool. I also ported the arm patches as well. I thought I’d sent them to you, but it may have only been in the raw form. I also have patches for the extended printf checking for the kernel, though those are much more fragile than architecture support. > The format extension I have them already, otherwise I won't be able to boot the kernel (provided by kan as well). See devel/powerp64-gcc/files/* Regards, Bapt [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEABECAAYFAlR962IACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EypzQCdF8IlO5JxpBn8eGkuxFleRttb /8IAnj9z7pwBP/iN61TgTN9gns395SNS =Kp/u -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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