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<mark_weaver>well, I've determined that there's a bug either in gobject (part of glib) or libffi relating to the MIPS N32 ABI.
<mark_weaver>my guess is libffi
*mark_weaver thinks he sees the bug in libffi
<mark_weaver>okay, I have a patch that might fix the libffi problem, and thus glib. now to do the rebuild to test it :)
<mark_weaver>damn, it looks like gcc has bugs related to the MIPS N32 ABI.
<mark_weaver>ugh
<mark_weaver>this will require some discussion on the gcc mailing list.
<davexunit>mark_weaver: you have gone down quite the rabbit hole it seems.
<mark_weaver>oops, I was mistaken about GCC. afaict, GCC is fine; the bug seems to be limited to libffi.
<mark_weaver>well, that's a relief :)
<mark_weaver>(my mistake was making incorrect assumptions about how some MIPS instructions behaved)
*mark_weaver needs to learn more about MIPS
<viric>mark_weaver: look for mips-iv.pdf, MIPS-N32-ABI-Handbook.pdf and Loongson2FUserGuide.pdf :)
<viric>that's what I have at hand
<viric>not that I needed them much though.
<mark_weaver>viric: yeah, I have all of those. I didn't guess the behavior of 'srl' and 'sll'. They shift the low 32 bits and then sign extend the result to 64 bits.
<mark_weaver>bbiab...
<mark_weaver>viric: What version of linux-libre do you use on your Yeeloong?
<viric>I have a fuloong
<mark_weaver>well, close enough. what version?
<viric>And I run there the normal linux
<viric>last time I tried, it was 3.7 or so
<viric>I don't turn it on since months
<mark_weaver>linux-libre-3.10.15 reliably freezes if I use the built-in wireless.. and it also sometimes locks up other times.
<mark_weaver>linux-libre-2.6.39.1 is rock solid for me.
<mark_weaver>but the m4 test suite fails on 2.6.39.1, because readlink("") returns a different error code than it's looking for.
<mark_weaver>also, I assume there are lots of other problems with 2.6.39.1, so it would be nice to run a newer kernel.
<mark_weaver>as things stand, I have to switch back and forth between kernels when I want to build m4 :-(
<mark_weaver>well, I
<mark_weaver>well, I'll get it straightened out at some point...
<viric>I don't have any wireless
<viric>But I could run kgdb with the serial port fine, I think
<viric>mark_weaver: there are many kernels between 2.6.39 and 3.10 :)
<mark_weaver>viric: indeed, and I intend to try some. I was asking to save me some time doing a binary search in that range :)
<mark_weaver>although really, we need to fix the problems with the latest linux-libre.