Re: MIPS support

[Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>]

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Here's a first draft at removing mips64el-linux support from the
documentation. I've left it as a supported system in (gnu ci), in (guix
packages) and in the tests. I changed the text where we mention that we
support mips64el-linux as an architecture, and elsewhere in the manual
I've either removed mention of it when it was listed as a supported
target or changed the references to aarch64.


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From ebaef27fd08c29883a8e4bb091ccbd2bef9b2747 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 12:29:55 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Remove explicit support for mips64el-linux.

It's been a good run, but no one is maintaining the architecture.
So long, and thanks for all the fish.

* doc/guix.texi (GNU Distribution): Change text for mips64el-linux
to denote it is deprecated.
(Daemon Offload Setup): Change occurrences of mips64el-linux to
aarch64-linux and adjust local code snippets.
(Guix Environment)[cross-compilation]: Change mips64el-linux-gnu to
aarch64-linux-gnu.
(GNU Build System)(package-cross-derivation]: Same.
(G-Expressions)[cross compilation]: Same.
(Additional Build Options)[cross-compilation, build logs]: Same.
(qemu-binfmt-service-type): Remove mips64el.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Same.
* m4/guix.m4: (GUIX_ASSERT_SUPPORTED_SYSTEM): Remove mips64el-linux.
---
 doc/contributing.texi |  3 +--
 doc/guix.texi         | 25 +++++++++++++------------
 m4/guix.m4            |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index 7b1f7e7c94..7496db5aaa 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ your @code{operating-system} configuration:
 @lisp
 (service qemu-binfmt-service-type
  (qemu-binfmt-configuration
-   (platforms (lookup-qemu-platforms "arm" "aarch64" "mips64el"))
+   (platforms (lookup-qemu-platforms "arm" "aarch64"))
    (guix-support? #t)))
 @end lisp
 
@@ -951,7 +951,6 @@ commands, respectively:
 @example
 guix build --system=armhf-linux --rounds=2 hello
 guix build --system=aarch64-linux --rounds=2 hello
-guix build --system=mips64el-linux --rounds=2 hello
 @end example
 
 @item
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 3d1b097447..50472e0adb 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -464,11 +464,12 @@ and Linux-Libre kernel.
 @item aarch64-linux
 little-endian 64-bit ARMv8-A processors, Linux-Libre kernel.
 
-@item mips64el-linux
+@item mips64el-linux (deprecated)
 little-endian 64-bit MIPS processors, specifically the Loongson series,
 n32 ABI, and Linux-Libre kernel.  This configuration is no longer fully
-supported; in particular, the project's build farms no longer provide
-substitutes for this architecture.
+supported; in particular, there is no ongoing work to ensure that this
+architecture still works. Should someone decide they wish to revive this
+architecture then the code is still available.
 
 @end table
 
@@ -1059,8 +1060,8 @@ The @file{/etc/guix/machines.scm} file typically looks like this:
         (speed 2.))     ;incredibly fast!
 
       (build-machine
-        (name "meeps.example.org")
-        (system "mips64el-linux")
+        (name "armeight.example.org")
+        (system "aarch64-linux")
         (host-key "ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nza@dots{}")
         (user "alice")
         (private-key
@@ -1070,7 +1071,7 @@ The @file{/etc/guix/machines.scm} file typically looks like this:
 
 @noindent
 In the example above we specify a list of two build machines, one for
-the @code{x86_64} architecture and one for the @code{mips64el}
+the @code{x86_64} architecture and one for the @code{aarch64}
 architecture.
 
 In fact, this file is---not surprisingly!---a Scheme file that is
@@ -5329,7 +5330,7 @@ the system type of the build host.
 @item --target=@var{triplet}
 @cindex cross-compilation
 Cross-build for @var{triplet}, which must be a valid GNU triplet, such
-as @code{"mips64el-linux-gnu"} (@pxref{Specifying target triplets, GNU
+as @code{"aarch64-linux-gnu"} (@pxref{Specifying target triplets, GNU
 configuration triplets,, autoconf, Autoconf}).
 
 @item --compression=@var{tool}
@@ -5718,7 +5719,7 @@ Return the @code{<derivation>} object of @var{package} cross-built from
 @var{system} to @var{target}.
 
 @var{target} must be a valid GNU triplet denoting the target hardware
-and operating system, such as @code{"mips64el-linux-gnu"}
+and operating system, such as @code{"aarch64-linux-gnu"}
 (@pxref{Specifying Target Triplets,,, autoconf, Autoconf}).
 @end deffn
 
@@ -7719,7 +7720,7 @@ native package build:
                 "-s"
                 (string-append #$emacs "/bin/emacs")
                 (string-append #$output "/bin/vi")))
-   #:target "mips64el-linux-gnu")
+   #:target "aarch64-linux-gnu")
 @end lisp
 
 @noindent
@@ -8839,7 +8840,7 @@ also be offloaded to a remote machine of the right architecture.
 @item --target=@var{triplet}
 @cindex cross-compilation
 Cross-build for @var{triplet}, which must be a valid GNU triplet, such
-as @code{"mips64el-linux-gnu"} (@pxref{Specifying Target Triplets, GNU
+as @code{"aarch64-linux-gnu"} (@pxref{Specifying Target Triplets, GNU
 configuration triplets,, autoconf, Autoconf}).
 
 @anchor{build-check}
@@ -8909,7 +8910,7 @@ So for instance, imagine you want to see the build log of GDB on MIPS,
 but you are actually on an @code{x86_64} machine:
 
 @example
-$ guix build --log-file gdb -s mips64el-linux
+$ guix build --log-file gdb -s aarch64-linux
 https://@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER}/log/@dots{}-gdb-7.10
 @end example
 
@@ -24476,7 +24477,7 @@ emulated:
 @lisp
 (service qemu-binfmt-service-type
          (qemu-binfmt-configuration
-           (platforms (lookup-qemu-platforms "arm" "aarch64" "mips64el"))))
+           (platforms (lookup-qemu-platforms "arm" "aarch64"))))
 @end lisp
 
 In this example, we enable transparent emulation for the ARM and aarch64
diff --git a/m4/guix.m4 b/m4/guix.m4
index 961ce838ac..05057aca93 100644
--- a/m4/guix.m4
+++ b/m4/guix.m4
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ courageous and port the GNU System distribution to it (see
   # Currently only Linux-based systems are supported, and only on some
   # platforms.
   case "$guix_system" in
-    x86_64-linux|i686-linux|armhf-linux|aarch64-linux|mips64el-linux)
+    x86_64-linux|i686-linux|armhf-linux|aarch64-linux)
       ;;
     *)
       if test "x$guix_courageous" = "xyes"; then
-- 
2.26.2


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