>Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:02:57 -0800
>To: tech-toolchain@netbsd.org
>From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
>Subject: VAX ELF toolchain is now self-hosting
>Sender: port-arm-owner@netbsd.org
>
>This weekend I successfully used a VAX ELF system to do
>a VAX ELF netbsd build.  So VAX ELF has achieved the state
>and being able to build itself.
>
>There are still issues to be dealt before turning the switch:
>
>    1) add ELF flags for the indicate whether either GFLOAT
>       or DFLOAT, and whether code is NONPIC.
>    2) remove some unneeded RELOCs that are leftover from the
>       m68k code I started from.
>    3) Reworking setjmp/longjmp to be more normal and not
>       unwind the stack restoring registers.
>    4) Make sure DWARF/DWARF2 works (including exception
>       unwinding code).
>    5) Add a.out->ELF transition code in sysinst.
>    6) figure out why awk works @ -O but not -O2
>
>
>--
>Matt Thomas               Internet:   matt@3am-software.com
>3am Software Foundry      WWW URL:    http://www.3am-software.com/bio/matt/
>Cupertino, CA             Disclaimer: I avow all knowledge of this message
>

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Matt Thomas               Internet:   matt@3am-software.com
3am Software Foundry      WWW URL:    http://www.3am-software.com/bio/matt/
Cupertino, CA             Disclaimer: I avow all knowledge of this message