[9fans] ARMv6 compiler ? (was: more bitsy stuff)

[prem <prem.mallappa@gmail.com>]

Hi All,
I am thinking of porting Plan9 to latest ARM cores including v6 and v7
(in my upcoming holidays). I think the compiler is old (pre-v5) though
i am not sure.
could anyone tell me if 5c and friends support v6. if it doesn't how
difficult it is to add it?
Also I have installed latest inferno sources from google svn (on
Linux). is it possible to (cross-)compile plan9 sources on Linux ?

thanks
/Prem

On Mar 14, 2:20 am, j...@csplan9.rit.edu wrote:
> So it turns out that I can build a kernel that will boot Axel's old
> paqdisk without a problem, but if I use my own kernel with my own
> freshly created paqdisk, I get the crash below:
>
> root is from (paq)[paq]:
>
> paq...paqfs: sysfatal reading block: /dev/flash/ramdisk:
>
> version...panic: boot process died: sys: write on closed pipe pc=0x00006c74
>
> panic: boktrace /kernel/path c0010d28 c011714c c01171a9
>
> ot procc01170f8=c0010d24 ess diec01170fc=c0070aec d: sys:c0117104=c003afe4  write c0117128=c003b044 on clos
>
> ed pipe c0117140=c003b2a8 pc=0x00c0117144=c0010d24 006c74
> c0117148=c003b2ac
> c0117150=c006d790
>
> c01171b0=c008d610 c01171b4=c008d3bc c01171bc=c008f200 c01171c8=c0078f94
>
> c01171d4=c008d14c c01171d8=c008e37c c01171dc=c008d510 c01171e0=c008d14c
>
> c01171e8=c008d3f8 c01171f4=c008d3bc c01171fc=c008f200 c0117208=c0078f94
>
> c011721c=c008f6c0 c011723c=c006022c c0117248=c006add0 c0117250=c006add8
>
> c011725c=c006d750 c0117274=c00108f8 c0117280=c00790b8 c0117284=c0079594
>
> c01172ac=c0070fc0 c01172b4=c00108dc c01172c8=c0010418 c01172e8=c0008248
>
> c01172f0=c0079594
>
> it's a wonderful day to die
>
> This makes me think that there was perhaps a change in mkpaqfs along
> the line?  To look at the error, it seems that there's something wrong
> with my ramdisk image; any insights, anyone?  Who has been maintaining
> the bitsy stuff?
>
> John