Hi everyone,
Can you please review the following news item. The item is
self-explanatory. The only thing I'm iffy about is whether or not I
should specify a date (Oct 11) for when I'm going to make the switch ---
or should I just push the news item out the day I do make the changes?
Title: Restructure of mips profiles
Author: Anthony G. Basile <rh...@gentoo.org>
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Posted: 2014-09-29
Revision: 1
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To accomodate the new multilib approach in Gentoo, the mips profiles will be
changing on Oct 11, 2014. The new profile structure will be as follows:
[1] default/linux/mips/13.0/o32
[2] default/linux/mips/13.0/n32
[3] default/linux/mips/13.0/n64
[4] default/linux/mips/13.0/multilib/o32
[5] default/linux/mips/13.0/multilib/n32
[6] default/linux/mips/13.0/multilib/n64
[7] default/linux/mips/13.0/mipsel/o32
[8] default/linux/mips/13.0/mipsel/n32
[9] default/linux/mips/13.0/mipsel/n64
[10] default/linux/mips/13.0/mipsel/multilib/o32
[11] default/linux/mips/13.0/mipsel/multilib/n32
[12] default/linux/mips/13.0/mipsel/multilib/n64
[13] hardened/linux/musl/mips
[14] hardened/linux/musl/mips/mipsel
[15] default/linux/uclibc/mips
[16] hardened/linux/uclibc/mips
[17] default/linux/uclibc/mips/mipsel
[18] hardened/linux/uclibc/mips/mipsel
There are a few points to note about the change:
1) Only the glibc profiles (1-12) are affected. The embedded system
profiles
(13-18) will not change.
2) The glibc profiles will now explicitly state the ABIs. In the case of
non-multilib systems (1-3, 7-9) the stated ABI will be the only ABI
available,
while in the case of multilib systems (4-6, 10-12) the stated ABI will
be the
default ABI, and the others will be available by setting ABI_MIPS in
make.conf.
3) Profiles 1 and 7 are strictly 32-bit userland, but can run under either a
32-bit or 64-bit kernel. They will have CHOST = mips-unknown-linux-gnu and
mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu, respectively. All the other glibc profiles
(2-6, 8-12)
are 64-bits userland and will have CHOST = mips64-unknown-linux-gnu or
mips64el-unknown-linux-gnu.
4) Only users of profiles 1 and 7 need to change their profiles sym
links using
`eselect profile`. However, all users should be aware of the CHOST value on
their system to ensure it remains unchanged after the profile updates.
--
Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D.
Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened]
E-Mail : bluen...@gentoo.org
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