bug#47908: Cross building disk image for ARM Asus C201 fails

[phodina via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org>]

Hi Maxime,

On Friday, November 5th, 2021 at 10:59 AM, Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> wrote:

> phodina via Bug reports for GNU Guix schreef op vr 05-11-2021 om 09:24
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> [+0000]:
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> > Hi Martin & Maxime,
> >
> > I've tested if the system image builds after merging patches for the
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> > vboot-utils package.
> >
> > $ guix system build -s armhf-linux test.scm
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> That's an emulated build (with QEMU), not a cross-build.
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> To cross-build, something like
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> $ guix system build --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf test.scm
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> is necessary. Emulated builds function rather differently
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> from cross-builds (the former mostly looks like native compilation to
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> guix), so the former command isn't a good test.
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> Greetings,
>
> Maxime
>

Thanks for highlighting the fact. I've intended to run the cross-compilation as you said not run "native" build in QEMU.

The command in full:

[env]$ ./pre-inst-env guix system build --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf gnu/system/examples/asus-c201.tmpl

Then again the build is successful but without the hardware I can't verify it boots successfully.

Petr