On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Cyril Plisko <cyril.plisko at mountall.com>wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Mark Martin <storycrafter at gmail.com> > wrote: > > This is also a gap. I believe it is possible to build at least the > > OpenSolaris ON consolidation bits with GCC at the moment (although I am > not > > certain of which version). GCC 4 compilation is not possible without at > > least some of those fixes I referenced, so I believe 3.x is required (at > > least that was the case with the PowerPC port from nv-56). Also, C++ > > compilation for other consolidations is going to be a sticky issue as the > > Sun C++ ABI is the preferred and (almost) required C++ ABI according to > > current ARC requirements. I believe, for the moment, that closing that > gap > > would have to be a follow-on project. I want to see a port coming up to > run > > levels > 1 before I go working on fixing layered software issues. > > > Indeed, I wouldn't worry about C++ and what ARC can say until the > system boots up to the shell prompt. > I am not sure what is the situation with MIPS/ELF target with GCC3, > but I'd stick to gcc-3.4.3 (the one that comes with/builds ON) for the > starter. Unless, of course, some really pressing reason will force you > to go for GCC4. > Other than significantly reduced build times, none at this moment. > > > On that note, this brings up other issues such as distribution and > testing > > down the road. I would like to suggest that the scope for this project > be > > to simply bring up the port for recent versions of the ON, SFW, and X > > consolidations and I would look to the Emerging Platforms Community to > > assist in creating follow on projects to close distribution, testing, and > > developer p & p gaps. As items come up that need to be brought for ARC > > attention, I can at least lead some of those tasks. > > May I suggest pushing SFW and X beyond the original scope ? I think > you'll have enough problems to solve even with ON itself. > OTOH, when the port become self-hosting many things come almost at no > price. Sounds reasonable. Again, I'll look to the EP Community to create follow-on projects. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/powerpc-discuss/attachments/20081019/7420fa12/attachment.html>
