[src/trunk]: src/doc Not hacks to use old binutils (2.34 instead of 2.39) on ...

[martin <martin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/2692574eb8a8
branches:  trunk
changeset: 374595:2692574eb8a8
user:      martin <martin%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sun May 07 12:43:32 2023 +0000

description:
Not hacks to use old binutils (2.34 instead of 2.39) on mips64*
(but not mipsn64*).

diffstat:

 doc/HACKS |  12 +++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diffs (26 lines):

diff -r b93a3eac229b -r 2692574eb8a8 doc/HACKS
--- a/doc/HACKS Sun May 07 12:41:45 2023 +0000
+++ b/doc/HACKS Sun May 07 12:43:32 2023 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: HACKS,v 1.235 2023/01/22 20:41:25 christos Exp $
+# $NetBSD: HACKS,v 1.236 2023/05/07 12:43:32 martin Exp $
 #
 # This file is intended to document workarounds for currently unsolved
 # (mostly) compiler bugs.
@@ -747,6 +747,16 @@ port       mips
                Add COPTS.count.c+=-Wa,--no-warn to avoid -Wa,--fatal-warnings
        kcah
 
+       hack    mips-use-binutils-old
+       cdate   Sun May  7 14:28:55 CEST 2023
+       who     martin
+       file    src/share/mk/bsd.own.mk : 1.1311, 1.1308
+       descr
+               Use binutils.old for 64bit mips with 32bit userland.
+               Version 2.39 causes random (cross-) build failures
+               that are hard to reproduce or analyze.
+       kcah
+
 port   i386
 
        hack    use volatile intermediate variable to enforce rounding