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Re: Patch for MIPS targets...


On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 11:02:39AM +0900, Chiaki Ishikawa wrote:
> X-PMC-CI-e-mail-id: 15399 
> 
> >Yes, correct....BUT....up to this point MIPS has been broken anyway
> >because the binutils for MIPS has been generating IRIX flavored binaries
> >currently and as HJ mentioned, we don't have a huge install base. I
> >am working with Florian who maintains Debian and it won't be a problem.
> >I am also working with the Brad for Agenda Computing to use the fixed
> >MIPS tools and he is willing to recompile if need be. MIPS has not been
> >correct up to this point, let's get it right.
> 
> I am not using MIPS linux myself, but for your information,
> Sony has just announced that
> they will release Linux for PS/2 (with necessary hardware adaptors for
> USB keyboard and an external disk included) and PS/2's main CPU is MIPS.
> The first shipment will be 1000 units. I wonder if this is "huge"
> user base or not. You may need to be prepared for the "bug report"
> from the users of Sony's linux on PS/2 in the upcoming months.
> (Sony's offering is based on 2.2.x kernel, and presumably use the 'buggy'
> binutils. it seems it will be available only in Japan. Also, it
> requires card slot and so you need to choose the particular models
> carefully.)

Well, it seems to be a good time to tell Sony to recompile everything
with the new binutils now. Does anyone have contact info at Sony? I
don't see any points not to do the right thing for Linux/MIPS just
because the new glibc is not binary compatible with the old binaries.


H.J.


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