Proof # 2 for agp andwhy is gcc still at 3.4 for normal users?

[Super Biscuit]

As I said, once the agp was built and loaded, it worked.  I'll try an install of 8.x release in the next few days.  If the graphics work, then it is an OF glitch that should be noted. If it doesn't work, then I'll give the OF information and the other descriptions necessary. The only other thing it could be is an openfirmware glitch.
I'm trying to build gcc45 using http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~charngda/cc_build.html .
The reasons are for: 
1) Making an llvm-gcc4X build on ppc32.
2) Having a "Just-In-Time" compiler to attempt a build of JaegerMonkey on ppc32.

I tried installing gcc42/43/44 and all broke with a not for powerpc architecture. Your note explains why.

On the link above: I removed the linux referrals and used ABI=32. Gmp and mpfr just built correctly. Mpc will be built next. Followed by the rest of the howto. 


--- On Fri, 1/21/11, Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Proof # 2 for agp andwhy is gcc still at 3.4 for normal users?
To: "Super Biscuit" <super_bisquit at yahoo.com>
Cc: freebsd-ppc at freebsd.org
Date: Friday, January 21, 2011, 2:47 AM

On Jan 20, 2011, at 6:41 PM, Super Biscuit wrote:

> http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g4
> 
> http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g4_freebsd
> 
> I noticed that he had the same problems:
> 
> 1) An AGP slot on the motherboard with an AGP card in it.
> 2) Xorg hung for no apparent reason.
> 
> Foregoing Whitehorn's advice of not building agp.ko, I built it.
> 
> After I installed the module, loaded it, and kldloaded it. The AGP card as then recognized.
> It can be unloaded after. Logic boards with AGP must have this module loaded at least once.
> 
> This problem only seems to exist on certain models of PowerMac G4 with an agp slot.
> 
> 
> B) GCC is behind.
> 
> No, I don't care who likes this next part or any of this email. You can toss it and block me.
> 
> GCC for freebsd powerpc is way behind. I am following a howto plus converting deb to tar.gz packages right now. Is this necessary?

I can't answer the agp thing, I just build with it.  It provides absolutely nothing though, except a mostly useless /dev/agpgart (my machine is a single MDD).  However, system gcc on ppc is 4.2.1, just like on every other architecture.  The ports are broken, though, last time I checked.  I've managed to build gcc 4.4.0 successfully with some hacks, but nothing worth sharing.