Non "new-toolchain" platforms

[Jason R Thorpe <thorpej%wasabisystems.com@localhost>]

Folks...

The following platforms have not yet switched to the new toolchain:

        MACHINE_ARCH            MACHINE
        arm32                   acorn32
        arm32                   arm32 (SHARK)
        arm32                   cats

                All of the "arm32" platforms will be switching to
                the new MACHINE_ARCH of "arm".  All platforms that
                have the MACHINE_ARCH of "arm" are using the new
                toolchain.

                acorn32 can switch as soon as the -fshort-enums issue
                has been decided.

                arm32 (SHARK) can switch as soon as a way to load an
                ELF kernel is devised.  Realistically, the MACHINE
                value for this port will also change to "dnard" (the
                directory in the source tree for this already exists).
                We also need to decide the -fshort-enums issue here.

                cats can switch as soon as a way to load an ELF kernel
                is devised and the -fshort-enums issue has been decided.

        sh3el                   dreamcast
        sh3eb/sh3el             evbsh3
        sh3el                   hpcsh
        sh3eb                   mmeye

                All of the SuperH platforms are currently using the
                old COFF toolchain.  We are going to completely deprecate
                the COFF object format in favor of ELF (with no leading
                underscores).  I am slowly making progress on this.  I
                need to apply some bugfixes to the gcc 2.95.3 compiler.
                I will then attempt to build ELF snapshots for these
                platforms and solicit testers.

                I can test dreamcast directly, but will need other
                sh3 folks to step forward so I can test on their
                platforms.

        m68k                    amiga

                I don't know the status of this.  Amiga people: please
                hurry up and get this port switched, or at least tell
                me what the hold up is.

        m68k                    mac68k

                As far as I know, all the work here has been done.
                There is no reason why this port cannot switch.  Unless
                a mac68k maintainer can give me a good reason why it
                *hasn't* switched, I am going to make new-toolchain
                and ELF the default in a couple of days.

        m68010                  sun2

                What's the scoop, here?  When I saw this wasn't
                new-toolchain, I was somewhat surprised.  Is it
                a matter of simple configury stuffs?

        vax                     vax

                This is nearly finished.  There is apparently some
                strange reloc bug, however, which Matt Thomas hasn't
                had the chance to track down yet.  Other than that,
                this could switch.

I would strongly encourage those people on the hook for getting a port
switched to ELF/new-toolchain to pick up the pace.  Releng is going to
have a discussion about what to do with non-new-toolchain platforms
(there is some push to be able to cross-build releases).  Certainly,
platforms that have not switched to new-toolchain by the next release
after 1.6 could be left out in the cold (marked as "de-supported").

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej%wasabisystems.com@localhost>