Hello all MIPS u-booters.
I'd like to discuss how we can make the MIPS build environment a little bit easier to use. For example, the cpu/mips/config.mk assumes big endian, and although I'll be the first to stand up and say that's the only proper and useful byte ordering, there are people willing to pay me to assist with the alternative :-) I'd like it if we can just find a way to invoke 'mipseb-*' or 'mipsel-*' based upon the configuration chosen and let it go at that.
I'd also like us to agree to use up to date tools. Again, the config.mk with the test and hard coded flags depending upon tools seems unnecessary since the newer tools have been around for a while and proven to work.
Unless I'm doing something wrong, I also have to use binutils with the 'allow_branch_to_undefined' patch.
Comments? Other concerns?
Thanks.
-- Dan