RFR: 8256829: GNU hash style is not available on MIPS

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:52:07 GMT, Ao Qi <aoqi at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Given that it works on MIPS, it looks good to me. Too bad gnu hash style is not universally accepted. :(
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> Sorry for the late reply. Monday is a busy day and I used a zero jdk as boot jdk, so the test took some time. The native build of linux-mips64el-zero-release has passed with this patch.
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> I noticed that there is some [work of MIPS support for GNU hash](https://sourceware.org/pipermail/binutils/2019-July/107496.html), but I don't know the latest progress. I tried [debian:latest images](https://hub.docker.com/_/debian), GNU hash is not supported yet. I think we should keep this patch until MIPS support for GUN hash is integrated into downstream toolchains one day.
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> @glaubitz , FYI, yes, the sigset problem was [solved](https://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/rev/3086f9259e97) :)

Thanks folks! I rechecked MIPS Zero still builds after today's whirlwind.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1374