[Buildroot] [PATCH] external-toolchain: Allow MIPS64 for Codesourcery MIPS toolchains

Markos Chandras markos.chandras at gmail.com
Mon May 27 15:11:22 UTC 2013


On 27 May 2013 10:18, Thomas Petazzoni
<thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> wrote:
> Dear Markos Chandras,
>
> On Mon, 27 May 2013 10:05:10 +0100, Markos Chandras wrote:
>
>> I did limited testing and I haven't seen this problem but I haven't
>> build busybox to be honest.
>> However, on the release notes they say they support MIPS64/n64
>> https://sourcery.mentor.com/GNUToolchain/release2358?@template=datasheet
>>
>> so I just allowed buildroot to select this combination as well.
>>
>> My understanding is that the compilation problem is orthogonal to
>> mip64/n64 patch in the sense
>> that forbidding the combination just hides the problem for now :)
>
> I agree that the problem is orthogonal, but having an external
> toolchain that isn't even capable of building Busybox worries me a
> little bit. This means that an user selecting mips64 and external
> toolchain, and keep all the other options as default, will see a
> failing build. Not really nice.

Ok I agree. I will try an out-of-buildroot build for busybox using
this toolchain just to rule out specific buildroot problems. If that
fails too then I will see if there is a way to report this problem.

--
Regards,
Markos Chandras



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