Re: switching ppc to GCC 4.8

[Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost>]

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 20:57:05 +1100
matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> wrote:

> > matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> wrote:
> > 
> > > anyone object to switching to GCC 4.8 now that chuq fixed it?

That's great! Not at all, when it works... :)

IIRC you have the same ofppc hardware like me (Pegasos2), but maybe I can
test it for other PPC ports (I have bebox, macppc, sandpoint, ibmnws,
amigappc)?

What do I have to do, what do I need, for testing GCC 4.8 now?


> the GCC version problems are unrelated to the ABI issues,
> AFAICT.  i've had unstable ppc for a while,

PPC (at least OEA) is unstable since many years (around 5.99.50).


> but the current system seems to work fine.

Is that also true for NetBSD-7? I tested 7.0beta a few days ago on my
Pegasos2 and it seemed better at first sight, but ATF pthread-mutex still
failed.


>  i initially tested a GCC 4.5
> kernel, but userland for both works fine for me.

Does that mean a 4.5 and 4.8 userland works fine with a 4.5 kernel, or
that a userland (with unknown compiler) works fine with a 4.5 and 4.8
kernel?


> is there something else i'm missing?

Did you compare the ATF output of a system compiled with 4.5 with 4.8?
That seems the easiest way to me for verifying 4.8 is ok.

-- 
Frank Wille