[Cbe-oss-dev] bsc.es mirror?

[Segher Boessenkool]

On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 08:21:00AM -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 01:01:07PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Ugh, gcc 3.2.4 is really old. Cell support (both PPU and SPU) was
> > integrated in upstream gcc.  Ubuntu used to carry (cross) compilers
> > based on (at least) 4.1, so you should be able to find these
> > (binary/source) packages, too.
> 
> It was removed from GCC 9, so the last GCC releases that support it
> are GCC 8.x (basic PPU support still exists in current GCC, it's just
> PowerPC after all).  There still will be one more GCC 8.x release made
> later this year, but that will be the last.

Oh!  And no one knows how well the port still works, that is why it was
removed -- no known or expected users.  So YMMV...  If you build from
source you can just fix any problems you encounter of course, or roll
back to an older release.

(Or just stick to some old binary distro, if that does all you want.)

Good luck and have fun,


Segher