GIRISH V. GULAWANI wrote:

>.1> I have attempted to compile Algorithmics toolchain
>from source on NetBSD platform. In this I have tried
>to mix NetBSD & Algorithmics build. It does compile
>the kernel now, alright, however found couple of
>problems with it.
>
Girish

Best to communicate with Algorithmics (now MIPS Technologies (UK)), 
directly on any problems in the toolchain. We'll be pleased to help sort 
them out, as we are NetBSD fans.

>  . For example for 20Kc option it seems there is lot
>to be done. Command line options have some mismatch.
>  
>
I'd be interested to know what they are. Which version of our sources 
did you start from? Note that we are currently working on a single 
complete toolchain (i.e. including ld, gas, binutils) which can 
succesfully compile the Linux kernel, modern glibc, apps etc, which is 
rare for Linux! ;-). This toolchain should work well for NetBSD too, but 
it isn't quite ready yet. We'll let the group know when it is.

>  . Concat macros does not compile. Hence the
>mipsX_locore.S file gives compile errors with this
>toolchain. 
>  . ABI calls are not supported. (Ofcourse this is
>mentioned in the configuration.)
>  
>
Sounds like you've configured the compiler with "--target=sde". That 
would be wrong for a NetBSD compiler, since the "SDE" compiler targets 
embedded, statically-linked enviroments (though you can use -mabicalls 
to enable ABI conventions). It also defaults the C pre-processor to 
"traditional" mode when processing assembler sources, which would 
probably explain the CONCAT problem.

You probably want to configure it instead using "--target=mips-netbsd"

Nigel

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