Hi! As you might have seen, I've started some hacking these days. Toolchain ~~~~~~~~~ Kernel-only compiler builds successfully with current upstream binutils and GCC. It's seems to even be capable of -O2 compilation (cf. arch/vax/Makefile, where we used to downgrade to -O1). Really nice to see this. build_toolchain.sh however, won't build a userland capable cross-compiler (and this not a userland capable GCC running on your VAX) due to some uClibc issues. (Seems some limits.h bits are missing there, quite a minor issue I guess.) Kernel ~~~~~~ I've merged Linus's current GIT, which is at about 2.6.23-rc2, and also fixed some of the fallout. Fixing this is, though, not yet done completely, (*hint* *hint*) I'll accept pull requests. As usual, you find the kernel at git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbglaw/vax-linux.git If you want to merge Linus's upstream, this is how: git pull git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git master Current hot-spots are bit-rot in drivers/vax/char/dz.c and some more iomem function needed by lib/devres.c . That's it for now. MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de +49-172-7608481 Signature of: Ich hatte in letzter Zeit ein bißchen viel Realitycheck. the second : Langsam möchte ich mal wieder weiterträumen können. -- Maximilian Wilhelm (18. Mai 2006, #lug-owl.de) _______________________________________________ Linux-Vax mailing list Linux-Vax@pergamentum.com http://www.pergamentum.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-vax