[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/gcc: Enable gcc-8.x support for BR2_powerpc_spe

Matthew Weber matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com
Tue Oct 27 15:03:05 UTC 2020


MIchael,


On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 2:20 PM Michael Durrant
<mdurrant at arcturusnetworks.com> wrote:
>
> The GCC-7.x compiler series was the last to support BR2_powerpc_SPE CPUs
> within GCC.  After GCC-7.x support was removed as a default in buildroot,
> some boards, including the arcturus_ucp1020_defconfig and
> freescale_p1025twr_defconfig will fail to compile.
>
> The GCC-8.x compiler series continues to support powerpc_spe CPU
> cores, but only as an --enable-obsoleted instruction set.
> This patch enables the use of GCC-8.x and asserts the required
> option to enable the powerpc_spe instruction set.
>

Hopefully things get revived and support moves back out of obsoleted....

https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ppc/2018-May/009465.html

> This Patch passes compilation and run tests with the
> arcturus/ppc-ucp1020  board.
>
> Tested-by: Oleksandr G Zhadan <Oleks at ArcturusNetworks.com>
>
> This patch should address a noted job failure on GitLab CI
> https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/jobs/805461732
>
> Fixes: https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/jobs/805461732
> Signed-off-by: Oleksandr G Zhadan <Oleks at ArcturusNetworks.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Durrant <mdurrant at ArcturusNetworks.com>


Review-by: Matt Weber <matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com>



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