Re: [HACKERS] Linux/mips compile should not use -mips2

2002-03-21 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Oliver Elphick writes: > > > Upstream automatically passes -mips2 to gcc on mips platforms. In the case > > > of Linux, this should not be done, as the main reason to use it (ll/sc) is > > > handled by glibc and emulated by the kernel. It also makes all of postgresql > > > unusable on DECstatio

[HACKERS] Linux/mips compile should not use -mips2

2002-03-21 Thread Oliver Elphick
I sent a message about this yesterday, but it does not appear to have got to the list. According to the attached message, mips builds for Linux should not use -mips2 in the compilation or linking. It appears that this can be prevented by removing the mips special case from src/template/linux. -