[gnu.misc.discuss] GNU on new DEC architectures

bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) (12/29/89)

(I crossposted and redirected followups to gnu.misc.discuss, because
there's nothing about GCC bugs here...)

In article <8912281714.AA10721@mirsa.inria.fr> ol@CERISI.CERISI.FR (Lecarme Olivier) writes:
   ...what is the current status of GNU relating to these new [DEC
   RISC] machines?  What is available presently, and what could be
   expected in a very near future?

From gcc/config.gcc:
	dec-3100 | decstation)		# Decstation or pmax.
		cpu_type=mips
		target_machine=tm-decstatn.h
	        ;;

From emacs/etc/MACHINES:
	Pmax, Mips from DEC (m-pmax.h; s-bsd4-3.h)
	
	  Minor changes merged in 18.55.

Of the other more machine-dependent stuff, there's no support in gas
or gdb yet.  I haven't unpacked the latest g++, or bash, so I can't
say about them for sure, though I'd expect that g++ would be fine.

The other more generic stuff that doesn't much care what machine it's
on (bison, flex, tar, make, chess, go, grep, ghostscript, dbm, diff,
[cg]perf, indent, awk, plot, sed, etc.) shouldn't cause much trouble.

chet@cwns1.CWRU.EDU (Chet Ramey) (12/29/89)

In article <BOB.89Dec28175212@volitans.MorningStar.Com> bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes:

>I haven't unpacked the latest g++, or bash,

bash compiles and runs on the DS3100 with only trivial changes (the changes
might no longer be needed -- it's been a while since I tried).  Brian
maintains it on a 3100 at UCSB.

Chet Ramey
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