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[was Re: bug#67535: ci.guix.gnu.org 'Cannot allocate memory' while building for i686-linux] In-Reply-To: (Efraim Flashner's message of "Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:49:45 +0300") References: Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:33:59 +0200 Message-ID: <87sevsxtqg.fsf@elephly.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-ZohoMailClient: External Received-SPF: pass client-ip=136.143.188.51; envelope-from=rekado@elephly.net; helo=sender4-of-o51.zoho.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, T_SPF_TEMPERROR=0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -7.47 X-Spam-Score: -7.47 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: C57F770DF5 X-Migadu-Scanner: mx11.migadu.com X-TUID: NcpNSY1/ycSc Efraim Flashner writes: > On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 02:51:49PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote: >> For a long time we've not been able to build linux-libre on i686-linux >> because the source unpacking process runs out of memory. > > I believe if we limit the unpacking process to not more than 8 cores we > can avoid that problem. > >> I'm forwarding this bug to guix-devel to get more attention. >> >> Is anybody actually using i686-linux anymore? Or should we begin to >> officially remove support for it? > > Keeping this to i686-linux specifically, what generation of hardware > supports i686 but not x86_64? Some (very) quick checking on wikipedia > suggests that the x60 from 2006 was either 32-bit or 64-bit, and I > believe there was an atom chip from 2015 that was 32-bit. Specifically, > that makes the newest hardware (at least from the CPU perspective) 10 > years old at least. FWIW, I'm using one of those Atom chips in a netbook for an installation of Sugar Desktop. I upgrade it every few months or so. If I'm the only user of i686-linux I would not want to condemn the project to supporting the architecture for my sake. We have quite a few package failures on i686-linux, often because of failing precision tests. It may not be worth attempting to fix these problems, e.g. for R, because it is very unlikely that people use R on i686 machines. > In terms of side-stepping the question, do we have enough x86_64 > hardware to continue to support i686 without degrading support for > x86_64? (I ask this seriously, although I'm pretty certain the answer is > we're well covered on that front.) Support does not just mean dedicating build cycles to doomed builds, but also dedicating people's time to wade through hundreds of failures for little gain. Perhaps our time is better spent supporting architectures that still have a future. -- Ricardo