> On Dec 2, 2014, at 1:31 AM, Baptiste Daroussin <b...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 10:05:29PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: >> >>> On Nov 29, 2014, at 8:04 AM, Baptiste Daroussin <b...@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> It is now possible to use an external toolchain to build the kernel and base >>> (tested with gcc 4.9.1 and latest binutils) >>> >>> Of course a lot of work is needed to make it build cleanly (aka lots of >>> warning >>> to fix). >>> >>> What have been tested so far: >>> - sparc64 kernel + world >>> - amd64 kernel + world >>> - powerpc64 kernel + world >>> >>> mips cannot be tested because upstream gcc never heard of FreeBSD running on >>> mips, and I did not receive any patches for mips. >> >> I have patches for 4.8 or so knocking around somewhere... > > Seems like kan@ have patches for 4.9.1 and was able to build world with it! > (that is mips64)
Cool. I also ported the arm patches as well. I thought I’d sent them to you, but it may have only been in the raw form. I also have patches for the extended printf checking for the kernel, though those are much more fragile than architecture support. Warner
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