On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 08:43:53PM +0100, Richard Sandiford wrote:
> I must admit I've always felt mips-elf to be a less-than-ideal
> replacement for mips-sgi-irix6.5. The former is 32-bit only, while the
> latter includes o32, n32 and n64, giving both 32-bit and 64-bit coverage.
> I fully agree with removing mips-sgi-irix6.5 as a primary platform,
> but I think mipsisa64-elf might be a better replacement than mips-elf.
> By default, mipsisa64-elf includes libraries for {-mips32,-mips64} x
> {-EL,-EB} x {-msoft-float,-mhard-float}. (And FWIW, I tend to test
> all eight, and the different multilibs show up different problems.)
>
> I take David's point about mips{,el}-linux-gnu being another alternative.
> I suppose mipsisa64-elf has the advantage of being a simulator target
> than anyone can test. On the other hand, mips{,el}-linux-gnu allows
> proper Fortran, libstdc++ and Java testing, for instance. I can see
> arguments both ways. However, by the same reasoning as above, I'd prefer
> mips64{,el}-linux-gnu over mips{,el}-linux-gnu because the former includes
> n32 and n64 as well as o32.
To be fair, at the time we replaced mips64-sgi-irix6.5, mips64-linux
was changing even faster than it is now. It's settled down quite a
bit; I would be happy to see mips64-linux-gnu on the list now.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery
