Re: MIPS64 status?

[Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>]

Dominic Sweetman wrote:
[snip]
> > I suspect that this is very much a toolchain issue, as I don't think
> > gcc will generate 64-bit addressing code.

gcc does 64bit adressing, but binutils (ld/gas) do only partially yet.

> I suspect that the generic GNU toolchains are pretty buggy when you
> switch on 64-bit MIPS operation; but it's bug-fixes which are needed,
> not wholesale new features.

It needs definitely more than bug fixing. I commited some support
for n64 non-PIC to binutils CVS some time ago, but support for
n64 PIC and n32 still needs to be done.


Thiemo