Re: R3.14 support for MIPS (hkbaja47)

[Maren Purves <m.purves@jach.hawaii.edu>]

Andrew Johnson wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> I suspect Gemini is the only site trying to use EPICS 3.14.x on MIPS -- 
> we don't have any configuration files in the CVS repository for MIPS at 
> all.  I don't think the solution to your problem is quite as simple as 
> adding a linker flag though, it needs a patch to the EPICS munch.pl script.

Well, maybe so far. We're most certainly still running MIPS boards
too, and I just got the 3.14.8.2 code ...

> I think the attached patch file should do the trick, please try it and 
> let me know so I can commit the changes to CVS.  Apply this by cd'ing to 
> your base/configure/tools directory and running
>     patch <munch.patch
> After that you'll only have to rebuild your application (no need to 
> rebuild EPICS base) to see if the result works.  You should also make 
> sure that this doesn't break your PowerPC and/or 68k builds though - it 
> shouldn't, but you should test them to make sure.
>
> If this fixes the problem and you manage to get EPICS running properly 
> on the board, we'd be very interested in including a copy of your 
> configuration files in the official EPICS distribution.

will wait how this turns out before proceding (need ppc, MIPS, 68k)

Maren (next door to Gemini)