== Progress ==
* libssp support for AArch64
Libssp support needed AArch64 frame to grow downward. But it is
currently defined as growing upward.
This work is currently in hold. Needed frame layout changes before
restarting. Waiting for feedback from Matt.
* AAarch64 testing
Drilling down Boot strap failure with GCC 4.9 trunk on open embedded
image with V8 model. Fails at time xg++ is linking. Not much progress.
Set up Cross build and test in V8 model for GCC testsuites.
Also looking at increasing timeout for individual tests.
* AArch64 LTO and PGO support.
Started on understanding PGO and LTO runs with AArch64.
== Plan ==
* Continue bootstrap testing and push patches to GCC
* Continue LTO and PGO runs for AArch64
== Progress ==
* Investigated gdb.dwarf2 unsupported issues wrote two new patches for
gdb.dwarf2 testsuite.
* Read some background on dwarf2 to translate test written in x86
assembly into arm assembly.
* Got refusal of visa from Irish embassy. Ran after visa consultants
for issues related to visa application.
* Calls with Irish consulate officers for appeal process and causes of refusal.
== Plan ==
* Submit ready patches for dwarf2 untested/unsupported problems.
* Translate dwarf2 tests written in x86 to arm asm.
* Chromebook os update on a faster sd card. (Still pending)
* Add JIRA cards for gdb features missing on arm. (Still pending)
* Prepare documentation for future visa applications.
== Issues ==
* None
== Progress ==
* Investigate conditional compare RTL representation.
- Expand conditional compare to cmp_and/cmp_ior.
- Test is ongoing
* Investigate lp: 1189445. Patch is in testing.
* Identify the root cause for lp: 1189448. FSF4.8 does not have the
buggy code. Linaro 2013.06 and trunk have fixed it.
== Plan ==
* Continue on conditional compare.
== Public Holiday ==
* Monday, 10 June (4 day week)
== Progress ==
* VRP based zero/sign extension
- Pinged the patch.
* Generate a single call to divmod
- Builtin based implementation bootstrapped and passes regression.
- posted patch and initiated discussion
(http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2013-06/msg00100.html)
- long long is not handled now
* Better end of loop counter optimisation
- Dropped md patch
- Verified that Bin Cheng's RTL change noop_move_p fixes this.
== Plan ==
* Respond to patch review
* Set-up X86 benchmarking locally for Spec2k
== Progress ==
* Did QEMU testing for the release by running several images on a
few platforms.
* Did the GCC 4.7-2013.06 release.
* Did the GCC 4.8-2013.06 release.
* Did a spin of the GCC 4.7-2013.06 release.
* Updated benchmark parsing scripts, downloaded historical
benchmark data and data from the release testing.
* Updated SQL query and gnuplot scripts to work with new data.
* Produced some benchmark graphs.
* Finally figured out how to spawn remote Cbuildv1 tests and
benchmarks.
== Plan ==
* Focus on performance and regression test graphs.
* Do builds of FSF GCC branches to compare with Linaro branches.
* Continue improving Cbuildv2 as use it to do all these builds and
testing.
- rob -
== Progress ==
* Branched and released binutils, newlib and eglibc.
* Wrote up some release process docs on the wiki.
* Fixes and further investigation of AArch64 ifunc issue.
* Submitted memcpy to upstream gerrit and ran more benchmarks.
* Submitted new fix for gdb frexpl issue.
== Issues ==
* None.
== Plan ==
* Fix AArch64 ifunc issue.
* Fix gdb.thread issue.
* strlen
--
Will Newton
Toolchain Working Group, Linaro
[very short week; two days]
Progress:
* misc
** made qemu-linaro 2013.06 release
** remaining VIRT-4 work handed over to other people for now
** Huawei's AArch64 TCG patches now committed upstream
** working through mach-virt and virtio patches to see what
still needs to be done here and in what order
Plans:
* continue mach-virt/virtio work
* set up a new qemu-linaro tree/branch as our CI/LAVA input [to keep it
separate from our "we release this" tree]
* restart work on upstreaming omap3 patches as part of my generic qemu
maintenance work (will reduce our maintenance burden in the long term)
-- PMM
== Progress ==
* Pandaboard
- Using GNU ld didn't help the problem, and made compilation time double
to 5hs!
- Reverting to Gold and will keep an eye on it
* Release 3.3 finished
- Tested and released, just waiting the final email
* Linaro+ARM sync meeting
- Setting priorities, requesting approval for some work items
* Phoronix
- Script to run batch mode ready at:
http://people.linaro.org/~rengolin/llvm/scripts/
- Got some results, generally on par, some big differences could be due to
compilation options
- Some tests still run GCC, even with CC being Clang, Clang-only options
(slp vect) cannot be tested
- No way yet to share this data internally, working with IT to find a
solution
* CBuild
- Merged Clang changes, running job again
- Autodetecting ARMv7
* LLVM administrativia
- many patches to review this week
- vectorizer also being enabled by default on -O2 and -Os
- testing vectorizer with -Os on chromebook, found no big differences
== Issues ==
None
== Plan ==
* Phoronix
- Store the base runs somewhere (people.linaro?) and have the script
install them to compare with any run on the board.
- Think of a way to put bootstrap & phoronix in LAVA/CBuild (whatever is
easier), so I can use the calxeda nodes without worry if they'll be up or
down
* Pandaboard
- Use GCC 4.8 on linaro-panda-02 and hope to solve the problem
* CBuild
- Finish LLVM+Clang change (merge pending) and try to run some benchmarks
with it
* PerfDB
- Install website locally, try to cook some analysis
### About Linaro binutils
Linaro binutils is a release of the GNU binutils with bug fixes and
enhancements for ARM platforms. GNU binutils is a collection of tools
including the `ld` linker and `as` assembler.
### Linaro binutils 2.23.2 2013.06
The Linaro Toolchain Working Group is pleased to announce the 2013.06
release of Linaro binutils 2.23.2, the first release in the 2.23 series.
This release is based on the latest GNU binutils 2.23 stable branch, but
with additional features and bug fixes.
#### Additional Features
* None
#### Bug Fixes
* Bug fix for ARM support of GNU indirect functions
### Source
#### Release Tarball
* https://releases.linaro.org/13.06/components/toolchain/binutils-linaro
#### Development Tree
* git://git.linaro.org/toolchain/binutils.git
This release was built from the `linaro_binutils-2_23_2-2013_06_release` tag.
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Will Newton
Toolchain Working Group, Linaro
