Re: changing the SPARC default

2006-03-17 Thread Aaron J. Grier
On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 08:10:41PM -0800, Alexey Starovoytov wrote: > 1st choice (the best): > - change the default for all sparc platforms NetBSD/sparc still supports sun4c, so default cannot be changed there. -- Aaron J. Grier | Frye Electronics, Tigard, OR | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: changing the SPARC default

2006-03-17 Thread David Taylor
> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:51:59 -0800 (PST) > From: Alexey Starovoytov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Joel Sherrill wrote: > It seems everybody agreed that solaris 10+ can be changed to -mcpu=v9 default. > Great! > What are the thoughts about Solaris 7,8,9 ? > > They don't run on

Re: changing the SPARC default

2006-03-17 Thread Albert Chin
On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 08:10:41PM -0800, Alexey Starovoytov wrote: > 2nd: > - change the default for Solaris 7+ and linux Why not 2.6+? Because 7+ does 64-bit? -- albert chin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: changing the SPARC default

2006-03-17 Thread Rainer Orth
Alexey Starovoytov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems everybody agreed that solaris 10+ can be changed to -mcpu=v9 default. Indeed. > What are the thoughts about Solaris 7,8,9 ? > > They don't run on embedded sparcs and the legacy of sun4c, sun4m, sun4d > systems can now be found mostly on

Re: changing the SPARC default

2006-03-17 Thread Eric Botcazou
> It seems everybody agreed that solaris 10+ can be changed to -mcpu=v9 > default. Great! > What are the thoughts about Solaris 7,8,9 ? Go ahead, post the patch for Solaris 7+ on gcc-patches@, I'll install it. -- Eric Botcazou

Re: changing the SPARC default

2006-03-16 Thread Alexey Starovoytov
> Debian has been running with V8PLUS as the default since the sarge release > cycles started. I.e. years. looking at linux64.h it seems that the default Linux config is -m64 -mcpu=v9. Are you saying that Debian configured gcc package for -m32 -mcpu=v9? Great. How about other Linux distributions?

Re: changing the SPARC default

2006-03-16 Thread Joel Sherrill
Jiri Gaisler wrote: There is a large installed based of V7/V8 Sparc devices, and it is in fact growing. This is because of the adoption of the LEON SPARC V8 processor, which is used in a growing number of embedded devices. As an example, the Nemerix NJ1030A GPS receiver contains a LEON SPARC cp

Re: changing the SPARC default

2006-03-16 Thread Jiri Gaisler
There is a large installed based of V7/V8 Sparc devices, and it is in fact growing. This is because of the adoption of the LEON SPARC V8 processor, which is used in a growing number of embedded devices. As an example, the Nemerix NJ1030A GPS receiver contains a LEON SPARC cpu and was shipped in 1

Re: changing the SPARC default

2006-03-16 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 20:10 -0800, Alexey Starovoytov wrote: > Hi, > > The default architecture for GCC SPARC is V7. > What do gcc sparc developers think about changing it to V8PLUS? > > Few things to consider: > - v7 is legacy > . used in old Sun's sun4c systems > . 32-bit only > .

Re: changing the SPARC default

2006-03-15 Thread James A. Morrison
Alexey Starovoytov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > The default architecture for GCC SPARC is V7. > What do gcc sparc developers think about changing it to V8PLUS? > > Few things to consider: > - v7 is legacy > . used in old Sun's sun4c systems > . 32-bit only > . no integer mul

Re: changing the SPARC default

2006-03-15 Thread Eric Botcazou
> 1st choice (the best): > - change the default for all sparc platforms > > 2nd: > - change the default for Solaris 7+ and linux > > 3rd (100% safe): > - change the default for Solaris 10+ > > Also 64-bit Linux doesn't have to mean 64-bit (v9) gcc compiler, > so at the same time it would be good