Re: mips64 glibc

[Daniel Kegel <dank at kegel dot com>]

David Scidmore wrote:
> I've noticed that if I try to configure glibc for mips64 it include
> sysdeps/mips/Implies and sysdeps/mip/mips64/implies. The former causes
> sysdeps/wordsize-32 to be included while the latter
> cauises,sysdeps/wordsize-64 to be included. The result is that it attempts
> to compile 32 bit code in divdi3.c with __WORDSIZE set to 64, which fails.
>
> Searching on the web I see than Dan asked about the status of mips64 glibc a
> while back and got no response. I've found some relatively recent
> coorespondance with the developers saying it's broken and they'd rather it
> stay that way till someone gets it working. Looking at debian and some other
> sources I can't find anyone who has a glibc that supposedly runs under
> mip64. This, of course, raises some questions.
>
> Is anyone aware of a glibc port for mips64? 

Maybe
http://sibyte.broadcom.com/public/resources/
?

> Is everyone running Linux on a
> mips 64 bit processor just running a 32 bit file system? More importantly,
> if I'm using the crosstools method of building things, can I compile glibc
> for mips with a compiler configured for mips64 and use the result to build a
> full gcc compiler for mips64. I'm at a bit of a quandry as to what avenue to
> persue next.

You might be able to use crosstool to do mips64, but you'll probably have
to download the patched glibc sources by hand.
- Dan

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