Re: The SPARC target

Jiri Gaisler
2003-08-18T17:48:59Z

Mark Kettenis wrote:

> Folks,
>
> The SPARC target has been unmaintained for quite some time now[1]
> (since november 2001) and it shows. It doesn't compile on FreeBSD,
> and running the testsuite on FreeBSD/sparc64 (after fixing it),
> Solaris 2.8 and NetBSD/sparc results in hundreds of unexpected
> failures with quite a few unresolved testcases. I think the target is
> bordering on (un)usability.

I would like to point out that the sparc port works quite well
for embedded (o/s unaware) 32-bit targets, at least up to gdb-5.3 .
There are some (minor) quirks with stack unwinding to form the
function backtrace, but overall it makes a good job. If you make
a new (64-bit) backend, could the old 32-bit backend remain, at
least the O/S independent parts?

Thanks, Jiri Gaisler.
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