Re: [PATCH] Attempt to fix OpenBLAS on MIPS.

[Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de>]

Hi Mark,

>>>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 05:59:06PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
>>>>> The test target appears to only do something if TARGET is not set:
>>>>> Since we do pass TARGET=SICORTEX the tests are skipped.  I don’t know if
>>>>> there’s a good reason for this.
>>>>
>>>> It looks a bit like a flawed logic to skip tests in cross building
>>>> environments. Maybe it is worth asking upstream.
>>>
>>> I removed this logic (see attached patch), and the tests passed except
>>> for one:
>>
>> Sorry, I didn't look closely enough.  Actually, on MIPS the build later
>> aborted due to 1 hour of silence in the middle of the test suite:
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=2 ./sblat2 < ./sblat2.dat
>> OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=1 OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 ./dblat3 < ./dblat3.dat
>> OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=1 OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 ./cblat3 < ./cblat3.dat
>> OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=1 OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 ./zblat3 < ./zblat3.dat
>> rm -f ?BLAT3.SUMM
>> OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=2 ./sblat3 < ./sblat3.dat
>> building of `/gnu/store/974lvn8v6sxvqhlm57n8x6fiqv6xn6dh-openblas-0.2.14.drv' timed out after 3600 seconds of silence
>> @ build-failed /gnu/store/974lvn8v6sxvqhlm57n8x6fiqv6xn6dh-openblas-0.2.14.drv - timeout
>> note: keeping build directory `/tmp/nix-build-openblas-0.2.14.drv-0'
>> killing process 16081
>> guix build: error: build failed: build of `/gnu/store/974lvn8v6sxvqhlm57n8x6fiqv6xn6dh-openblas-0.2.14.drv' failed
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Have you been able to try this again with a larger silent timeout value?
> I would like to know if the patch (+ explicitly enabling tests on MIPS)
> is sufficient to fix OpenBLAS on MIPS, or if I should discuss more with
> upstream.

I’m just pinging again, because this patch still sits in my queue.  Can
we use this patch to fix the build of OpenBLAS on MIPS?

As OpenBLAS is an (indirect) input of many failing packages on MIPS I’m
interested in seeing this merged.

~~ Ricardo