binutils doesn't fully support --target=ppc-linux

[Bill Gatliff]

Dan:


Perhaps a stupid question, but what does it do with "powerpc-linux"?

My vote is for the patch to make it take ppc-linux...


b.g.


Dan Kegel wrote:

> Recent binutils will build fine with --target=ppc-linux,
> but if you try to 'make check', it barfs with
>
> ERROR: Target name ppc-linux is not a triple.
>
> OK, fine, I'll insert fields to turn it into a triple.
> target=ppc-405-linux-gnu works fine in general,
> and 'make check' gets past that problem, but then dies with
>
> ERROR: tcl error sourcing tool-and-target-specific interface file
> /crosstool-0.11/build/ppc-405-linux-gnu/gcc-3.3-glibc-2.2.5/binutils-2.13.90.0.18/ld/testsuite/config/default.exp.
> Error getting emulation name:
> *** ld does not support target ppc-405-linux-gnu
> *** see ld/configure.tgt for supported targets
>
> binutils-2.13.90.0.18/ld/configure.tgt lists lots of targets,
> including powerpc-*, but doesn't mention ppc-* at all.
>
> So... I guess I should use target=powerpc-blah-linux-gnu instead of 
> target=ppc-blah-linux-gnu?
> Or should I patch binutils to recognize the shorter ppc name?
> Anyone run into this before?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
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