Re: gcc-vax in NetBSD-9.0: help needed to test patches

[Dave McGuire <mcguire%neurotica.com@localhost>]

On 6/30/20 10:00 PM, John Klos wrote:
>> I've been working on fixing some of the problems in GCC 7's Vax back
>> end in NetBSD 9.0 - adding support for c++ exceptions, fixing illegal
>> instruction faults when compiling with -O2, that sort of thing.  This
>> work is emphatically not to convert the Vax backend to MODE_CC but I'm
>> hoping that it will help that effort by providing a working base to
>> start from.
> 
> This is amazing!
> 
>> I'd very much appreciate it if someone (or many someones) could try
>> the changes out please.  I'm more than happy to give further details
>> of what each one is supposed to be fixing.
> 
> I've built netbsd-9 with all of the patches, updated my colocated VAX
> with this, and so far it has built digest without the internal compiler
> error from blake2b.c. It's now compiling rsync.
> 
> In the next few days, I will make new SIMH images so people can more
> easily test this.
> 
> If anyone would like the netbsd-9 with patches installation sets, let me
> know.
> 
> I'm excited to see things get fixed for VAX!

  I agree, this is truly great work.  I cannot help with testing right
now, but I hope to be able to soon.

            -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA