Re: [linuxsh-dev] new toolchain / native GDB

[Denis D. <dp...@pr...>]

Hi Bryan,

I have been working with the new toolchain for a couple of weeks now so
I can answer some of your questions.

Bryan Rittmeyer wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> After a couple of months of using the older toolchain (from around 8/00)
> I have run into some problems that I suspect may have been addressed by
> the efforts since then. But after falling partially out of the loop I've
> lost track of toolchain/kernel development progress and have the
> following questions:
> 
> 1. Where can I get the latest versions of gcc, binutils, glibc, etc? Is
> the LinuxSH CVS repository up to date, or are they only availible as tar
> archives on an ftp/web server?

The CVS repository is out of date for the tool chain. You need to get a
recent binutils, gcc and glibc from CVS.

> 
> 2. Does this toolchain properly build the latest CVS kernel? Are the CVS
> kernel sources still the latest?

The new toolchain works with the current CVS kernel.

> 
> 2. Are there build directions for these newer versions, similar to what
> exists for the old toolchain on the LinuxSH website? If not, is anyone
> able to supply working build instructions?

No detailed instructions yet. I managed to pull this all together from
the mailing list and the web.

> 
> 3. What is the status of the SH merge into the main, upstream
> gcc/glibc/binutils/kernel sources?

Most of this is done now. gcc 2.97 has SH support built in. Latest
binutils is OK but needs some patches to support shared libraries. You
also need latest glibc 2.2 to handle shared libraries.

> 
> 4. Does native GDB work correctly now? If not, what problems remain,
> and, if anyone is working on them, how can I assist?

I far as I can tell this works now.

If you want I can send you my patches to gcc-20001120, binutils-001210
and glibc2.2?

Regards,
Denis