Andrew Haley wrote:
>
> I would add that the redhat branch has not received much if any testing
> on mips. We are still fixing some mips/java bugs on the trunk (4.3) so
> personally I would try that instead (although not for a couple of more
> days until the bugs are fixed...).
Oh, I agree totally. I think the idea of using an old gcc "for
stability" with a new gcj in order to get a more stable compiler is
Just Plain Wrong, but ...
Andrew.
I agree that it's not technically the right thing to do but the current
system is stable as is, so I don't want to mess with the system compiler.
I will probably build the next GCC 4.3 snapshot as an extra compiler
based off something like "/opt/gcc-4.3".
I have the option of either using a GCC 4.3 snapshot or porting the
OpenJDK to MIPS and SPARC. I don't know which one takes less time
or yields better results, but I'll find out soon.
Thanks to both of you for your recommendations.
Sunil
