From: Mike Frysinger Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 05:02:03 +0000 (-0400) Subject: NEWS: update ia64 info X-Git-Tag: glibc-2.16-tps~362 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9dc4e1fbfcebda9c5f1eaab1d777cc0bdbfafa47;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fglibc.git NEWS: update ia64 info Mention that ia64 has moved into ports/, and drop the old build/install details that don't belong in the NEWS file in the first place. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 6f0b685..7af6d54 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2012-05-14 Mike Frysinger + + * NEWS: Update ia64 info. + 2012-05-12 Andreas Schwab * sysdeps/powerpc/memmove.c (MEMMOVE): Don't return a value if diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f9b3855..4e75d49 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Version 2.16 Implemented by Ulrich Drepper. -* Support for the IA-64 is removed and could live in ports. +* Support for the IA-64 has been moved to ports. * Remove support for anything but ELF binary format @@ -989,68 +989,6 @@ Version 2.2 Masahide Washizawa. * IA-64 port by Jes Sorensen and HJ Lu. - -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Compiling the GNU C Library for Linux/ia64 -****************************************** - - Please refer to the file INSTALL in the same directory as you found -this file for general information about configuring and compiling -glibc. - - For general inquiries about glibc under Linux/ia64 please use the -following mailing list linux-ia64@linuxia64.org or one of the relevant -glibc mailing lists. - -Recommended Tools for Compilation -================================= - - In order for glibc-2.2 to build correctly on the ia64 you need at -least the following versions of the GNU tools (the : - - * The Cygnus toolchain snapshot for the ia64 as of August 4 - including the provided set of patches. It is however recommend - you use the October 24 toolchain snapshot or a more recent version. - - OR alternatively you can try the following (the Cygnus toolchain is - the recommended solution): - - * GCC and binutils, GAS and GNU LD out of CVS from - sources.redhat.com as of August 28, 2000 or later. The CVS tree - may require special patches to work properly on the ia64. - -Configuring and compiling GNU Libc for Linux/ia64 -================================================= - - The library requires Linux kernel version 2.4.0-test4-000728 or -later to funtion properly. Besides that it support for debug libraries -is currently untested. Hence the following options -are required for configuring the library: - - --disable-debug --enable-kernel=2.4.0 - - It is also important that you make sure the library picks up the -appropriate kernel header files, if you do not have recent enough -kernel headers in /usr/src/linux/include, you should use the ---with-headers= option to specify the location. - - As an example I personally use the following options to configure -the library: - - --disable-debug - --disable-cvs - --enable-kernel=2.4.0 - --host=ia64-linux - --enable-add-ons=yes - --prefix=/usr - --with-headers=/home/jes/linux/include - - -Good luck - -Jes Sorensen , -November 14th, 2000 -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Version 2.1.3