From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: 47615@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support
Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 22:24:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y2clvx24.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YJjsukej0MunMOe2@3900XT> (Efraim Flashner's message of "Mon, 10 May 2021 11:20:10 +0300")
Hi!
Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:
> How about changing the mips64el documentation to say that there is
> minimal support for the two architectures, with no substitutes, and may
> be fun for tinkerers with the hardware. Then we could also change the
> check in the guix.m4 to add mips64el-linux as supported in case anyone
> does actually want to play with it.
No, not as “supported”, I surely don’t want to deal with mips64el-linux
bugs. :-)
> Current text:
>
> @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, 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.
>
> Proposed text:
>
> @item Alternative architectures
> In addition to architectures which are actually supported there are a
> few formally unsupported architectures which may be of interested to
> tinkerers. Namely mips64el-linux, little-endian 64-bit MIPS processors,
> specifically the Loongson series, n32 ABI, and powerpc-linux, big-endian
> 32-bit POWER processors, specifically the PowerPC 74xx series. There are
> no installation tarballs, substitutes or promises that these
> architectures are functional.
>
> And then I'd move it lower than the powerpc64le-linux entry.
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.
IMO guix.m4 should either require --with-courage or emit a prominent
warning for these.
WDYT?
Thanks,
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-11 20:24 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 [this message]
2021-05-24 9:51 ` Efraim Flashner
2021-05-26 14:09 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-05-31 10:23 ` Tobias Platen
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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