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Subject: bug#22384: Requirements for an ARM port?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 15:02:40 +0100
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To: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
Cc: Jookia <166291@gmail.com>, 22384-done@debbugs.gnu.org

Hello,

Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> skribis:

> Jookia <166291@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I'm considering seeing if I can get GuixSD to work on an ARM board of mi=
ne. I'd
>> like to know what the main blockers are that I'll need to pass. From wha=
t I've
>> read and understood, the reason there's no ARM port now is lack of work =
and
>> reliance on GRUB. Assuming I bootstrap and set up a u-boot package for my
>> specific board, what else would I need to do?
>
> According to [1] Guix 0.14 provides support for ARMv7.  So I would
> consider this bug fixed.
>
> [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/blog/2017/porting-guixsd-to-armv7/

Indeed.  As the post mentions, GuixSD has not been =E2=80=9Cported to ARM=
=E2=80=9D but
rather ported to a specific ARM board=E2=80=94but that=E2=80=99s the way it=
 is.

Thanks for going through the bug backlog!

Ludo=E2=80=99.