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Re: powerpc64-elf config?
- From: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
- To: "Dave Korn" <dk at artimi dot com>
- Cc: "'Stan Shebs'" <shebs at apple dot com>, <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:36:12 -0700
- Subject: Re: powerpc64-elf config?
- References: <NUTMEG4yBdFXEdDs01G00000dce@NUTMEG.CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
> Stan Shebs writes:
>> In the interests of testing if nothing else, it would be helpful to
>> introduce a powerpc64-elf target that is like powerpc64-linux but
>> "freestanding". I've had one in my tree for awhile, but of course
>> it's kind of hacky, and by now it probably doesn't really work as it
>> should. The alternative would be an m64 multilib for powerpc-elf,
>> although I suspect embedded developers aren't really that keen to
>> pick up a whole new set of libraries for what is most likely a rare
>> situation in real life.
>>
>> Would anybody like to see a powerpc64-elf configuration added?
Me!
"Dave Korn" <dk@artimi.com> writes:
> By analogy to the 32 bit case, should this not perhaps be called
> 'powerpc64-unknown-eabi'? Or am I misreading what you mean by
> 'freestanding'?
I would like to see powerpc-eabi renamed or aliased powerpc-elf (in
general I find it irritating when CPU-elf, for any CPU, is not a
supported target, especially when there is some other name for it --
it makes it difficult to write scripts that cycle over all supported
CPUs).
zw