I'm glad you asked ;) Although you probably won't be.
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.)
Agreed.
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.
Agreed. Personally, not having any mips hardware anymore I'd prefer the
sim target, but I can understand someone wanting linux instead.
Either is fine for me.
-eric
