From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: mips64el port Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 14:41:55 +0200 Message-ID: <87wordwvos.fsf_-_@gnu.org> References: <20180916141235.2c36a0b4@scratchpost.org> <87efdoen1q.fsf@netris.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37821) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g3hEX-0008Bu-Jn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2018 08:42:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g3hEV-0002qn-Ui for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2018 08:42:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87efdoen1q.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Thu, 20 Sep 2018 01:49:05 -0400") 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+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Mark H Weaver Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hello Mark, Mark H Weaver skribis: > Anyway, the situation is that our MIPS port is more or less "on ice", > meaning that it could be revived with modest effort, but at the present > time there's not enough developer attention to keep it functional. What do you think would be the best course of action with our mips64el port now? Our documentation should probably reflect the fact that it=E2=80=99s not receiving much attention, for instance by removing mentions of it from the manual and web site, and optionally by having =E2=80=98configure=E2=80= =99 reject it unless =E2=80=98--with-courage=E2=80=99 is passed. Another approach would be to get build machines (possibly via the qemu-binfmt service), though if there are few users that may not help much. Or we could try to make GuixSD a viable option for mips-based routers that typically run OpenWRT, though that=E2=80=99s a bit ambitious= =E2=80=A6 Thoughts? Ludo=E2=80=99.