Attempted a bootstrap of PPC64 using the GCC 4.1.1. ebuild now marked as "testing" on (most) common platforms, added the ~ppc64 keyword. The compiler works flawlessly and adds a lot of speed enhancements since the 4.x branch optimises for Power4/5/970 much better than the 3.x branch.
Arturo did you also build a 2.4 glibc as part of your build / test?
No, it.s 2.3.6: GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6, by Roland McGrath et al. Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Compiled by GNU CC version 3.4.4 (Gentoo 3.4.4-r1, ssp-3.4.4-1.0, pie-8.7.8). Compiled on a Linux 2.6.11 system on 2006-05-30. Available extensions: GNU libio by Per Bothner crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others Native POSIX Threads Library by Ulrich Drepper et al The C stubs add-on version 2.1.2. GNU Libidn by Simon Josefsson BIND-8.2.3-T5B NIS(YP)/NIS+ NSS modules 0.19 by Thorsten Kukuk Thread-local storage support included. For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html>. Want me to try a 2.4 branch?
I do have good experiences with gcc-4.1.1 and glibc-2.4-r3. Unfortunaly gcc won't compile using default optimazion flags from power3 profiles. (bug #126960) kmail also won't compile using this combination of gcc and glibc for me. Yang Dehua reported in bug #131415 that it works for him so the problem might be somewhere else... Once those two bugs have been fixed I would have added ~ppc64 to gcc-4.1* and glibc-2.4* anyway. ;-)
added ~ppc64 some days ago. needs more testing to go stable. this will not happen within the next time.
