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

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

> On Jul 7, 2020, at 9:41 AM, emu <e2kcpu%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On 2020-06-30 07:47, Kalvis Duckmanton wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> 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. 
> 
> 
> Was anybody crazy enough to try it natively?
> 
> And is this the result of the "Bountysource"

Technically, the bounty source is for conversion of the back-end to MODE_CC, as this is a key criteria for ensuring its inclusion in future GCC releases.  But this is obviously key foundational work.

-- thorpej