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Date:      Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:18:18 +0100
From:      Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: MK_ARM_EABI to retire in current
Message-ID:  <20140928121818.741e7e7e@bender.lan>
In-Reply-To: <C66667D9-2F5E-44E0-AF04-E9DFE70BAF5A@gmail.com>
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On Mon, 19 May 2014 09:40:33 -0600
Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> MK_ARM_EABI is going to die in current. It is the default for all
> platforms currently. I’m eliminating it as a build option. It must
> die because it invisibly (to uname) effects the ABI.
> 
> So, to that end, I see two options:
> 
> (1) Retire and remove oabi support.
> (2) Retain oabi support, but change its name to armo and armoeb.
> 
> The rough consensus of arm developers I’ve polled now, and in the
> past, is that we just let oabi support die now that EABI support is
> working for everybody.
> 
> Before I pull the trigger on this, however, I must ask if anybody has
> a problem with my doing option (1), and if so, what keeps you using
> oabi.
> 
> Comments?

As far as I know all the problems with ARM EABI on armeb mentioned
in this thread have been fixed. I think we should now retire the oabi
support and remove MK_ARM_EABI.

Andrew



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