Re: [Gnewsense-dev] binutils which works around loongson2f NOP bug by default

[Karl Goetz]

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:05:48 -0400
Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> wrote:

(no need to cc me, i'm subscribed ;))

> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 09:43:42AM +0930, Karl Goetz wrote:
> > Is there a subset of packages which we should make a high priority
> > for rebuild? (eg, dozen packages which stop 90% of crashes)
> 
> I suspect that my Yeeloong may not have the NOP bug, as I've not yet
> seen it lock up, but I would recommend starting with the following
> initial sequence (where each package is built and installed before
> moving onto the next one, so that the earlier packages are used to
> build the later ones):
> 
> 1. binutils (one which fixes NOPs by default)
> 2. gcc
> 3. glibc
> 
> ... and then recompile every package, including the ones above
> (a second time) ...

I'll try and get a start on this saturday.
kk

>      Mark


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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
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