On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 08:20:02AM -1000, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Marc Brockschmidt <[email protected]> [2009-08-16 14:40]: > > Do you have any big changes planned? How much time would they take, and > > what consequences are there for the rest of the project? > > > > How many "big" transitions will the upcoming changes cause? When should > > those > > happen? Can we do something to make them easier? > > Do we have anything to say here? I don't think there are any major > plans with regards to MIPS, are there?
* Switch the default ABI to mips2 instead of the current mips1 ABI. The mips1 ABI corresponds to R3000 CPUs that we don't support anymore for a lot of time. This lead us to writing ugly patches using ".set mips 2" when using ll/sc instructions for atomic code in some packages. This should only be only change in GCC that I plan to do unless someone else volunteer. * binutils currently has bugs and generate broken -fPIE binaries. While this is currently workarounded in a lot of package by not using -fPIE on mips(el), it is something that should be solved for the release. I have already started working on that, but help is welcome. * Kernel and d-i support for these new mips-based laptop. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
