Clement, GCC libffi cherry-picks / backports patches from upstream, but it does not maintain local patches, so we need to find another solution.
Thanks, David On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 9:14 AM CHIGOT, CLEMENT <clement.chi...@atos.net> wrote: > > Hi David, > > The problem is that it has no meaning in libffi itself... > This patch is specific to gcc because the multilib part is specific > to gcc. > I'll ask the community but the patch cannot be merged inside > libffi. > > Thanks, > Clément > ________________________________ > From: David Edelsohn <dje....@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 2:52 PM > To: CHIGOT, CLEMENT <clement.chi...@atos.net> > Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org <gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] aix: Add FAT library support for libffi > > Caution! External email. Do not open attachments or click links, unless this > email comes from a known sender and you know the content is safe. > > Clement, > > GCC is not the primary repository for libffi. This patch must be > submitted to the libffi project first, not GCC. If it is accepted in > libffi, then you can ask for a backport to GCC. > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Flibffi%2Flibffi&data=04%7C01%7Cclement.chigot%40atos.net%7C58a9dee835dd4d5ca10308d97847ec9c%7C33440fc6b7c7412cbb730e70b0198d5a%7C0%7C0%7C637673072579890230%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=6%2B%2Bxl4K30%2B%2FvitHcOZwwyq1B6CwAEtHmr3LXgUIp9uQ%3D&reserved=0 > > Thanks, David > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 7:20 AM CHIGOT, CLEMENT <clement.chi...@atos.net> > wrote: > > > > Even if GCC64 is able to bootstrap without libffi being a > > FAT library on AIX, the tests for "-maix32" are not working > > without it. > > > > libffi/ChangeLog: > > 2021-09-10 Clément Chigot <clement.chi...@atos.net> > > > > * Makefile.am (tmake_file): Build and install AIX-style FAT > > libraries. > > * Makefile.in: Regenerate. > > * include/Makefile.in: Regenerate. > > * man/Makefile.in: Regenerate. > > * testsuite/Makefile.in: Regenerate. > > * configure (tmake_file): Substitute. > > * configure.ac: Regenerate. > > * configure.host (powerpc-*-aix*): Define tmake_file. > > * src/powerpc/t-aix: New file. > > > > > > > > > > Clément Chigot > > ATOS Bull SAS > > 1 rue de Provence - 38432 Échirolles - France > >
