cvs commit: src/sys/conf Makefile.sun4v files.sun4v options.sun4v src/sys/sun4v/compile .cvsignore src/sys/sun4v/conf DEFAULTS GENERIC GENERIC.hints MAC Makefile NOTES src/sys/sun4v/include _bus.h _inttypes.h _limits.h _stdint.h _types.h asi.h asm.h ...

[Ruslan Ermilov]

On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 07:29:24AM +0000, John Birrell wrote:
> There is a binutils update required to -current before sun4v will build
> out of the box. It seems we have a problem being able to make non-vendor
> branch commits to GNU tools just to support building a new arch. This is
> a bit disappointing. Surely we should be able to handle taking one or
> two files off the vendor branch on the odd occasion we add a significant
> new arch!
> 
We've been handling this in GCC and BU by using local patches.  This
way, it's much easier for their FreeBSD maintainers.  I agree though
that committing something into our Binutils *does* take time.  ;-)


Cheers,
-- 
Ruslan Ermilov
ru at FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer
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