On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 11:11:35AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > > > Well, I think 2.13's a good idea, but it's very new. I'd say that was > > > > acceptable as long as you're looking at MIPS64 only, not at MIPS32. > > > > > > Such considerations have kept us back at antique levels of binutils. And > > > juggling with several different versions for userland, and two kernel > > > flavours is evil ... > > > > Any version since 2.11, possibly older, should work just fine for 32-bit > > MIPS. I don't think there are any significant interface changes between > > 2.11 and 2.13, so if 2.13 works then 2.11 will not bail out either. Thus > > there is no need to force 2.13 for 32-bit MIPS, but I think it is > > acceptable to stop caring about versions older than 2.11 in the nearby > > future. > > Sure. Sounds like we'll then recommend 2.13 for the fearless and 64-bit developers and 2.11 for everybody else. Ralf
