Re: [PATCH] Lexra support in binutils

[Sergey Lapin <slapin at ossfans dot org>]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 04:05:51PM +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:

Hi, Nick
>
>>> Is there any news regarding Lexra support in binutils?
>
> Did you see Theimo's response to your original patch submission:
>
>   http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2008-09/msg00132.html
> & http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2008-09/msg00139.html
>
> As well as Adam's ?
>
>   http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2008-09/msg00157.html

Of course, so I have produced this patch based on these suggestions and got no
answer at that time:

http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2008-09/msg00165.html
>
> Also, my understanding is that the patches you have submitted are  
> against the 2.17 sources.  Please could you submit a version generated  
> against the current mainline code instead ?

Of course I will but I need advice on that changes (some smaller tips on
what change), since I'm not yet familarized myself with mainline
binutils yet.

>
>> Was there any final conclusion regarding
>> which approach is preferred for MIPS-like CPUs not supporting
>> ISA1 fully?
>
> Lets stick with Maciej's suggestion for now:
>
>   http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2008-09/msg00143.html
>
> Adam has pointed out that this will become cumbersome in the future, but  
> we can always have a separate patch to sort that out later on.

All the best,
S.