Dennis Clarke: [ Charset ISO-8859-1 converted... ] > > >> > I'll try sparc64, powerpc64 and ia64 when the machines are available. > >> > >> I can probably help you with the Sparc64 requirement. To be precise, do > >> you need Sun UltraSparc or are you looking for the multicore SPARC64 > >> processor which is a ( slightly ) different beast? > > > > Thanks for your offer. > > > > I do have access to a sparc64, in fact it's the same machine that I used > > for the sparc (32 bits) report in the farm, but it is down since since > > morning and will probably be up again in the next few days. > > I am always a very careful with the 32-bit Sparc build because I often end > up with a 32-bit gcc but the ABI says SPARC V8PLUS or some such. > > Thus I use a genuine old old Sparc to build GCC with.
A 64-bit build would require a cross compilation, or perhaps I missed something? I need to tell gmp's ./configure that --build=sparc first, due to the old old 32-bit bundled compiler, and also --disable-multilib to build GCC. On an (possibly) off-topic note, it seems that gmp requires GNU ld, but GCC needs the native ld. I haven't ben able to pin down where in the build process that the libs and the compiler suddenly require the 32-bitness. This on a sparc64 with a new install of Solaris10 (seems yet to require /usr/bin/ksh as the login shell and the addition of GNU sed). -- Ctalk Home Page: http://www.ctalklang.org
