Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:07:43 +0100 From: Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MK_ARM_EABI to retire in current Message-ID: <20140930150743.15999c12@bender.lan> In-Reply-To: <E594E133-F3A7-46EA-BCEF-B2B62B5FCE4C@bsdimp.com> References: <C66667D9-2F5E-44E0-AF04-E9DFE70BAF5A@gmail.com> <20140928121818.741e7e7e@bender.lan> <E594E133-F3A7-46EA-BCEF-B2B62B5FCE4C@bsdimp.com>
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 10:19:09 -0700 Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > On Sep 28, 2014, at 4:18 AM, Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz> > wrote: > > > On Mon, 19 May 2014 09:40:33 -0600 > > Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > >> Greetings, > >> > >> MK_ARM_EABI is going to die in current. It is the default for all > >> platforms currently. I’m eliminating it as a build option. It must > >> die because it invisibly (to uname) effects the ABI. > >> > >> So, to that end, I see two options: > >> > >> (1) Retire and remove oabi support. > >> (2) Retain oabi support, but change its name to armo and armoeb. > >> > >> The rough consensus of arm developers I’ve polled now, and in the > >> past, is that we just let oabi support die now that EABI support is > >> working for everybody. > >> > >> Before I pull the trigger on this, however, I must ask if anybody > >> has a problem with my doing option (1), and if so, what keeps you > >> using oabi. > >> > >> Comments? > > > > As far as I know all the problems with ARM EABI on armeb mentioned > > in this thread have been fixed. I think we should now retire the > > oabi support and remove MK_ARM_EABI. > > I’m game. I think we should move forward on option #1. We’ve had no > issues in the 10.1 release related to this that I’m aware of. Should > there be no further objections, my plan is to move forward with this > later this week. I've created a change for review at [1]. Andrew [1] https://reviews.freebsd.org/D876
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