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Re: [PATCH] GAS/MIPS: Add `-mfix-r5900' option for the R5900 short loop errata
Hi Maciej,
> > It was "mipsr5900el-unknown-linux-gnu".
>
> Please mention that when making submissions.
Will do. I'm preparing v2 now.
> You could include a bare metal ELF target in your testing, e.g.
> `mipsr5900el-elf' would be an obvious choice in your case, to avoid
> surprises.
Done.
> There's no need to mention preexisting failures (unless you're fixing
> them). Also I seem to remember now our discussion on these CP0 register
> disassembly issues.
I briefly tried "mips2-unknown-linux-gnu" but it had 300+ preexisting
issues, so I gave up on that one.
> GDB is actually a separate project, although it shares the repository.
> In the old days of the `src' CVS repo even more projects shared the tree,
> and you'd normally check out just the CVS module you were interested in.
> You can't do this with GIT, so instead you can omit non-binutils parts
> from the build by adding `--disable-gdb --disable-libdecnumber
> --disable-readline --disable-sim' to the `configure' invocation (you can
> actually name arbitrary top-level subdirectories to exclude this way).
>
> Likewise `--disable-binutils --disable-gas --disable-gold --disable-gprof
> --disable-ld' will build the GDB parts only of the repository.
Good to know, thanks!
Fredrik