Re: [patches] status of glibc for e500/mpc8540 ?

[Jim Blandy <jimb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery.com> writes:
> On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Jim Blandy wrote:
>
>> "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery.com> writes:
>> > You must use EGLIBC, not FSF GLIBC, and GCC 4.2 does not include all 
>> > relevant patches (they are all in trunk, which will become GCC 4.3).  You 
>> > must include the ports add-on when configuring EGLIBC for E500.  To use 
>> > 4.2 you need backports of a large number of patches relating mainly to IBM 
>> > long double support (these may not be the exact forms in which the log 
>> > entries appear on trunk), at least the following:
>> 
>> Is this page up to date?
>> 
>>         http://eglibc.org/prerequisites
>
> As regards non-E500 supported platforms, I think so.

Those requirements still apply to the trunk, don't they?  The page
says they're for 2.5, and leaves the rest unmentioned.