re: Latest mips/evbmips observations

["John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost>]

Ok, using a gcc45-built snapshot build from the other day, the X server
fails due to the missing "int10" module:

X.Org X Server 1.10.6
Release Date: 2011-07-08
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: NetBSD/evbmips  - 
Current Operating System: NetBSD chalk.technoskunk.fur 6.99.40 NetBSD 6.99.40 
(LOONGSON) #0: Fri May  2 09:45:38 UTC 2014  
builds%b41.netbsd.org@localhost:/home/builds/ab/HEAD/evbmips-mips64el/201405020730Z-obj/home/builds/ab/HEAD/src/sys/arch/evbmips/compile/LOONGSON
 evbmips
Build Date: 01 August 2011  01:01:00AM
 
Current version of pixman: 0.32.4
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat May  3 18:01:17 2014
(==) Using default built-in configuration (12 lines)
(EE) SMI: Failed to load module "int10" (module does not exist, 0)
Segmentation fault at address 0x0

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting


Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
         at http://wiki.X.Org
 for help. 
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional 
information.


While on a gcc48-built system, it fails due to undefined symbol:

X.Org X Server 1.10.6
Release Date: 2011-07-08
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: NetBSD/evbmips  - 
Current Operating System: NetBSD chalk.technoskunk.fur 6.99.40 NetBSD 6.99.40 
(YEELOONG) #2: Tue Apr 29 12:13:16 CDT 2014  
sysop%verthandi.technoskunk.fur@localhost:/d0/build/current/obj/mips64el/sys/arch/evbmips/compile/YEELOONG
 evbmips
Build Date: 01 August 2011  01:01:00AM
 
Current version of pixman: 0.32.4
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Apr 29 18:06:06 2014
(==) Using default built-in configuration (12 lines)
(EE) Failed to load /usr/X11R7/lib/modules/drivers/siliconmotion_drv.so: 
/usr/X11R7/lib/modules/drivers/siliconmotion_drv.so: Undefined symbol 
"exaOffscreenFree" (symnum = 101)
(EE) Failed to load module "siliconmotion" (loader failed, 7)
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
         at http://wiki.X.Org
 for help. 
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional 
information.


> > > 'etcupdate' seems to be ignoring the "-a" and "-l" options, requiring

It seems to ignore the "-v" option as well.

> > > 'etcupdate' mangles the invocation of 'postinstall' at the end, somehow

These have now been seen to occur on gcc45-built system as well.

The various rc.d/* scripts seem to behave better on the gcc45-built
system, although the "postfix" script still complains that it was invoked
improperly.

Although marked executable, invoking the "MAKEDEV" script simply as
'./MAKEDEV all' causes it to merely print its usage message.  It must
be explicitly invoked as 'sh ./MAKEDEV all' for it to run and create
the device nodes.  (Seen on both gcc45- and gcc48-built systems.)


Since the gcc45-built snapshots are built without macallan's libgmp
patches, I've not been able to test compiling.

On my gcc48-built system with the libgmp patches, trying to build anything
out of pkgsrc fails before ever getting to the compiler--"Bad address"
errors upon invocation of other utilities.  I should perhaps try something
more direct.

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