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Date:      Thu, 5 Nov 2015 15:34:26 -0800
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>
To:        Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com>, Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org>,  freebsd-sparc64 <freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org>,  "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Sparc64 doesn't care about you, and you shouldn't care about Sparc64
Message-ID:  <CAJ-Vmo=kQgQMH5Fgrpgp6GZtAg4w-0tvAbeCEa%2Bweq8eu9pSsA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20151105232431.GE31432@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>
References:  <563A5893.1030607@freebsd.org> <20151104214451.GF47630@server.rulingia.com> <CAJ-VmokSfg_iuNP-MBT9VxHoxVbhGEkWtN6Oiy_ezbmhVMeteg@mail.gmail.com> <20151105232431.GE31432@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>

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On 5 November 2015 at 15:24, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 02:13:29PM -0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>> We don't have to expect clang support to work. Just having someone
>> champion the external toolchain stuff and getting sparc64
>> world/kernel/release building from say, sparc64-gcc 5.x would be
>> enough.
>>
> sparc64 has been the first arch that have been tested with external toolchain:
> build and run just fine.
>
> The problem with the external toolchain is that if you are not able to cross
> build the ports until you get a working toolchain available via packages, you
> are doomed.
>
> And we do not have that

Right. You don't end up with a toolchain built if you use an external
toolchain to build. I discovered this amusement when I first got this
up for MIPS. :)



-adrian



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