MIPS GDB Buildbot slave running Debian Jessie

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> On Jul 14, 2015, at 5:32 AM, Brendan Kirby <brendan.kirby@imgtec.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm interested in setting up a GDB Buildbot slave on a MIPS board.  The
> board is an Edge Router Pro board running Debian Jessie. I've
> configured, built and run the GDB test suite on it based on the steps
> other builders are using in the GDB Buildbot master.  Due to what looks
> like I-cache coherency issues in the kernel the board needs to be run
> with no SMP.  Otherwise it builds and runs the test suite correctly. 
> We're passing over 23,000 of the GDB tests, but we still have 400 to 500
> test failures.  Would it be possible to get this board added to the GDB
> Buildbot?  If so, could you send me or point me at the config.json and
> the master.cfg files so that I can send a patch?

There is no I cache coherency issues I know with respect of the octeon inside the edge router pro. Maybe it is just kernel version issue. I would run 4.1 on it as that should have most if not all octeon support in it. 

Thanks,
Andrew


> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brendan Kirby
> 
> Imagination Technologies
> 
>