On Fri, 1 Jul 2005, Bryan Althouse wrote: > Looks like I should upgrade glibc, and possibly gcc. When you say that I > should try CVS HEAD of glibc, I'm not sure what you mean. I have looked in > the linux-mips.org CVS and the closest thing I can find is libc, and it > looks really old. I have also found a glibc CVS at > :pserver:anoncvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/cvs/glibc. If I get libc from here is > this the "CVS HEAD"? Yes, just pull the tree without any tags. > Should I get GCC from the generic GCC site, or should get it from the > linux-mips CVS? The latest GCC 3.4.x should probably be OK, but if you want 4.x, then just get the latest release from (your closest mirror of) ftp.gnu.org -- if you don't rush, that may be 4.0.1. > I apologize for the simple questions. I have not built a tool chain before. > I've been using the one supplied by PMC-Sierra. Will I need to patch any of > these sources for MIPs? It depends on whether you trigger any bugs. Maciej
