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diff --git a/FAQ.in b/FAQ.in index f435a08765..d5c0e2052c 100644 --- a/FAQ.in +++ b/FAQ.in @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ in the future, are: arm-*-linuxaout Linux-2.x on ARM using a.out binaries mips*-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on MIPS ia64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on ia64 + s390-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on IBM S/390 Ports to other Linux platforms are in development, and may in fact work already, but no one has sent us success reports for them. Currently no @@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ a local mirror first. You should always try to use the latest official release. Older versions may not have all the features GNU libc requires. The current releases of egcs (1.0.3 and 1.1.1) should work with the GNU C library (for powerpc see -?powerpc; for ARM see ?arm). +?powerpc; for ARM see ?arm; for MIPS see ?mips). While the GNU CC should be able to compile glibc it is nevertheless adviced to use EGCS. Comparing the sizes of glibc on Intel compiled with a recent @@ -381,6 +382,18 @@ directories. I strongly advise to upgrade your make version to 3.79 or newer. +??mips Which tools should I use for MIPS? + +{AJ} Either use as compiler egcs 1.1.2 (with Ralf Baechle's MIPS patches) or +the current development version of gcc 2.96 from CVS. gcc 2.95.x does not +work correctly on mips-linux. + +You need recent binutils, anything before and including 2.10 will not work +correctly. Either try the Linux binutils 2.10.0.33 from HJ Lu or the +current development version from CVS of binutils. + +For details check also my page <http://www.suse.de/~aj/glibc-mips.html>. + ? Installation and configuration issues ?? Can I replace the libc on my Linux system with GNU libc? |