Re: [linuxsh-dev] Binutils 2.11.2 & SH

[M. R. B. <mr...@0x...>]

* Michael Eager <ea...@mv...> on Mon, Sep 10, 2001:

> 
> We have made some additional patches to binutils to support configuration
> as {sh3el,sh3eb,sh4el,sh4el}-hardhat-linux.  We will submit these to FSF.  
> I can also submit the patches for the previous release, if they have not
> been submitted yet.
> 

I've tried to point this out before, but the sh3el and sh3eb targets are
ambiguous since gcc supports a "m3e" or SH3E target.  Why not use sh*le and
sh*be instead?  Using the above method will only cause confusion when
someone decides to actually use the SH3E target (for sh-linux or sh-elf).

Also, what makes hardhat linux so different from sh-linux that it needs
it's own configure triplet?  Unless sh*-hardhat-linux modifies binutils in a
way that makes it incompatible with sh*-linux, you're just adding crud.
The configure scripts have long since supported *local*, it'd probably be
better to use that instead (e.g. sh4el-hardhat-linux-local).

M. R.