Golang. Cross Compiling for MIPS

Question

I have tried compiling my simply program:

func main(){fmt.Printf("Hello")}

to MIPS architecture on my PC wit 64 bit Debian Linux according to documentation

https://golang.org/doc/install/source#environment

via using command

GOOS=linux GOARCH=mipsle go build 
GOOS=linux GOARCH=mips go build

Every time I get the error:

runtime/internal/sys compile

unknown architecture "mipsle(mips)"

The interesting thing is, if a try using command:

GOOS=linux GOARCH=mipsle64 go build

The program was build.

Is it dependent on system OS on my PC ? How can I build a binary for MIPS or MIPSLE ?

Answer 1

Go 1.6 does not support MIPS or MIPSLE. 1.6 supports MIPS64(LE). 1.8 supports MIPS(LE).

From https://golang.org/doc/install/source:

• amd64 (also known as x86-64)
  • A mature implementation.
• 386 (x86 or x86-32)
  • Comparable to the amd64 port.
• arm (ARM)
  • Supports Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Darwin binaries. Less widely used than the other ports.
• arm64 (AArch64)
  • Supports Linux and Darwin binaries. New in 1.5 and not as well exercised as other ports.
• ppc64, ppc64le (64-bit PowerPC big- and little-endian)
  • Supports Linux binaries. New in 1.5 and not as well exercised as other ports.
• mips, mipsle (32-bit MIPS big- and little-endian)
  • Supports Linux binaries. New in 1.8 and not as well exercised as other ports.
• mips64, mips64le (64-bit MIPS big- and little-endian)
  • Supports Linux binaries. New in 1.6 and not as well exercised as other ports.
• s390x (IBM System z)
  • Supports Linux binaries. New in 1.7 and not as well exercised as other ports.