From owner-freebsd-ia64 Wed Sep 27 22:13:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from palrel1.hp.com (palrel1.hp.com [156.153.255.242]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6DD837B424; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 22:13:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from adlmail.cup.hp.com (adlmail.cup.hp.com [15.0.100.30]) by palrel1.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15EF3DD8; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 22:13:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cup.hp.com (p1000180.nsr.hp.com [15.109.0.180]) by adlmail.cup.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18546)/8.9.3 SMKit7.02) with ESMTP id WAA17187; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 22:13:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <39D2D36F.8A179AD7@cup.hp.com> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 22:13:19 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar Organization: Hewlett-Packard X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Rabson , freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.org, obrien@FreeBSD.org Subject: IA-64 cross-compiler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Doug, I wonder what compiler you're using. Is it the latest development version in the source tree? I think it's a good idea to have easy access to an IA-64 toolschain, whether it's the one in the source tree or a port. Although I prefer the source tree. It would be nice for example if we could select the compiler (either /usr/src/contrib/gcc.295 or /usr/src/contrib/gcc) and corresponding tools and libraries by defining a single variable (for example: USE_UNSTABLE_TOOLCHAIN (or whatever)). This makes it much easier to pick up the development compiler for those with specific needs (ie IA-64 support) and therefore allows people to approach the IA-64 porting task from a more cross-build related perspective as well. David: does the development compiler in the source tree serve this purpose as well, or doesn't it track development closely enough to have all the very latest fixes in it? -- Marcel Moolenaar mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org tel: (408) 447-4222 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ia64" in the body of the message