On 2/15/21 2:45 PM, Fredrik Noring wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 11:59:57AM +0000, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 06:59:02PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: >>> Add a Docker image providing cross toolchain for the MIPS R5900 CPU >>> (used on the Sony PS2). >>> >>> This image is based on Gentoo and the toolchain is built using crossdev. >> >> Is there any way we can do this with a distro that isn't Gentoo >> so that we can get a container build that is fast enough to be >> useful for CI ? > > Is it necessary to rebuild the toolchain every time?
No. > Also, perhaps a > generic MIPS suite can be used; it shouldn't to necessary to have one > specifically made for the R5900 (except libc, if needed, I guess). We want it to build TCG tests. If we can link them, that should be OK. > As an alternative, TobiX at Github made an R5900 Docker image last year > <https://github.com/frno7/linux/issues/33#issuecomment-632284209>, > perhaps it could be useful somehow? Thanks, I'll have a look. Regards, Phil.
