From: Tobias Platen <guix@platen-software.de>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support
Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 12:23:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210531122342.699cd8cfa0aa4749e5afb1b2@platen-software.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87im35twme.fsf@gnu.org>
For me the best way to run 32 bit powerpc software,
is using KVM on a POWER9 system. The https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/
will run 32 bit software as well.
Tobias
On Wed, 26 May 2021 16:09:29 +0200
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:
>
> > On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 10:24:03PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >> Maybe it’s more readable to keep it as a bullet list, like:
> >>
> >> @item mips64el-linux (@emph{unsupported})
> >> …
> >>
> >> @item powerpc-linux (@emph{unsupported})
> >> …
> >>
> >> with a sentence explaining what “unsupported” means.
> >
> > That was kind-of my idea with grouping them together
>
> Yes, but people who just skim through that page may just see that
> ‘powerpc-linux’ is listed, without noticing that there’s a sentence ten
> line above that says “The following arches are not supported”. Having
> “unsupported” next to it should avoid that (yes, I’ve learned to be
> super cautious. :-)).
>
> >> IMO guix.m4 should either require --with-courage or emit a prominent
> >> warning for these.
>
> [...]
>
> > The problem then becomes whoever tinkers with it will have to keep
> > either a custom guix.m4 for their guix package or a custom guix package
> > with "--with-courage" as a configure-flag.
>
> True. In that case, let it go without ‘--with-courage’ but emit a
> warning with AC_MSG_WARN that points to the relevant section of the
> manual.
>
> Deal?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ludo’.
>
--
Tobias Platen <guix@platen-software.de>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-31 10:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-06 12:24 [bug#47615] [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support Efraim Flashner
2021-04-06 12:32 ` [bug#47615] [PATCH 1/9] gnu: bootstrap: Add support for powerpc-linux Efraim Flashner
2021-04-14 3:51 ` bug#47615: " Chris Marusich
2021-04-14 7:36 ` Vincent Legoll
2021-04-14 13:56 ` [bug#47615] " Efraim Flashner
2021-05-05 1:52 ` bug#47615: " Chris Marusich
2021-05-05 8:51 ` Efraim Flashner
2021-05-06 16:35 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-04-06 12:32 ` [bug#47615] [PATCH 2/9] gnu: guile-3.0: Fix building on powerpc-linux Efraim Flashner
2021-04-14 4:00 ` bug#47615: " Chris Marusich
2021-04-14 14:00 ` Efraim Flashner
2021-04-06 12:32 ` [bug#47615] [PATCH 3/9] gnu: binutils: Adjust test suite " Efraim Flashner
2021-04-17 19:51 ` bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support Chris Marusich
2021-04-17 20:02 ` bug#47615: [PATCH 3/9] gnu: binutils: Adjust test suite on powerpc-linux Chris Marusich
2021-04-18 9:23 ` bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support Efraim Flashner
2021-04-22 5:11 ` bug#47615: [PATCH 3/9] gnu: binutils: Adjust test suite on powerpc-linux Chris Marusich
2021-04-27 7:01 ` [bug#47615] " Efraim Flashner
2021-04-06 12:32 ` [bug#47615] [PATCH 4/9] gnu: mesa: Add support for powerpc-linux Efraim Flashner
2021-04-06 19:29 ` Efraim Flashner
2021-04-06 12:32 ` [PATCH 5/9] gnu: Add mac-fdisk Efraim Flashner
2021-04-06 12:32 ` [bug#47615] [PATCH 6/9] gnu: american-fuzzy-lop: Add support for powerpc-linux Efraim Flashner
2021-04-14 3:25 ` bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support Chris Marusich
2021-04-06 12:32 ` [bug#47615] [PATCH 7/9] build: qemu-command: Add support for powerpc Efraim Flashner
2021-04-06 17:02 ` Vincent Legoll
2021-04-06 19:17 ` Efraim Flashner
2021-04-06 22:27 ` Vincent Legoll
2021-04-06 12:32 ` [PATCH 8/9] gnu: mercurial: Skip tests on powerpc-linux Efraim Flashner
2021-04-06 12:32 ` [bug#47615] [PATCH 9/9] gnu: nss: " Efraim Flashner
2021-04-06 17:00 ` Vincent Legoll
2021-04-06 19:18 ` Efraim Flashner
2021-04-06 22:31 ` Vincent Legoll
2021-04-07 20:33 ` [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support Vincent Legoll
2021-04-08 7:00 ` Efraim Flashner
2021-04-17 16:04 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-04-17 16:51 ` Vincent Legoll
2021-04-17 19:42 ` Efraim Flashner
2021-04-17 20:07 ` Vincent Legoll
2021-05-06 14:38 ` bug#47615: " Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-10 8:20 ` Efraim Flashner
2021-05-11 20:24 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-24 9:51 ` Efraim Flashner
2021-05-26 14:09 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-31 10:23 ` Tobias Platen [this message]
2021-04-22 7:59 ` [bug#47615] [PATCH v2 00/12] " Efraim Flashner
2021-04-22 7:59 ` [PATCH v2 01/12] gnu: bootstrap: Add support for powerpc-linux Efraim Flashner
2021-04-22 7:59 ` [PATCH v2 02/12] gnu: guile-3.0: Fix building on powerpc-linux Efraim Flashner
2021-05-06 14:45 ` bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-10 8:01 ` Efraim Flashner
2021-04-22 7:59 ` [PATCH v2 03/12] gnu: gcc-boot0: Use 128-bit long-double on powerpc-linux Efraim Flashner
2021-04-22 7:59 ` [PATCH v2 04/12] gnu: binutils: Fix bug in test suite in libiberty Efraim Flashner
2021-04-22 7:59 ` [PATCH v2 05/12] gnu: mesa: Add support for powerpc-linux Efraim Flashner
2021-04-22 7:59 ` [PATCH v2 06/12] gnu: Add mac-fdisk Efraim Flashner
2021-05-06 14:48 ` bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-06 15:48 ` [bug#47615] " Efraim Flashner
2021-04-22 7:59 ` [PATCH v2 07/12] gnu: american-fuzzy-lop: Add support for powerpc-linux Efraim Flashner
2021-04-22 7:59 ` [PATCH v2 08/12] build: qemu-command: Add support for powerpc Efraim Flashner
2021-04-22 7:59 ` [PATCH v2 09/12] gnu: mercurial: Skip tests on powerpc-linux Efraim Flashner
2021-04-22 16:41 ` [bug#47615] " Maxime Devos
2021-05-06 14:51 ` bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support Ludovic Courtès
2021-04-22 7:59 ` [PATCH v2 10/12] gnu: nss: Skip tests on powerpc-linux Efraim Flashner
2021-04-22 7:59 ` [PATCH v2 11/12] gnu: zstd: Adjust test suite for 32-bit architectures Efraim Flashner
2021-04-22 7:59 ` [bug#47615] [PATCH v2 12/12] gnu: glib: Disable failing test Efraim Flashner
2021-05-04 15:50 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] Add 32-bit powerpc support Efraim Flashner
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