On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Martin Husemann wrote:

> > 	OK - I was confused. I thought -mcpu=ultrasparc should be
> > 	a synonym for -mcpu=v9. It appears not - with -mcpu=ultrasparc
> > 	cc dumps core attempting to compile perl, while with -mcpu=v9
> > 	(which should be a NOP?) all is fine.
> >
> > 	This was all with the pkgsrc perl..
>
> I suppose you are using the (to be) 1.5.1 toolchain here? That is basically

	Yes

> the 1.5 toolchain with fixes (so, in contrast to 1.5, it is able to compile
> the whole system including X). It is probably older than working 32 bit
> support.
>
> I can't recommend a current toolchain for 1.5.1 machines either, we need to
> wait for the toolchain integration to happen.

	OK. The toolchain issues are not critical though updating
	the kernel to current is going to be required before I can
	really do anything with the box.

	Then I get to find all the software that is not BE64bit clean...
	(including a reasonable sized program I wrote a few years back :)

	Thanks

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