On Tue Apr 21, 2026 at 4:53 PM BST, Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 02:26:19PM +0200, Link Mauve wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 05:49:32PM +0530, Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya wrote: >> > On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 12:26:51PM +0200, Link Mauve wrote: >> > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 03:25:22PM +0530, Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya wrote: >> > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 11:38:08AM +0200, Link Mauve wrote: >> > > > > Hi Mukesh, >> > > > > >> > > > > This patch doesn’t apply on top of mainline, which tree did you base >> > > > > it >> > > > > off? >> > > > > >> > > > It was on mainline v7.0 tag. >> > > >> > > Great thanks, they do apply there! >> > > >> > > I needed three more patches for the kernel to build on PPC32, I’ve >> > > attached them but they are absolutely not patches which could go into >> > > the kernel (except for the second, enabling asm_experimental_arch). >> > > >> > > What do you think we should do about them? >> > > >> > Regarding the 2nd patch you sent, As the support is experimental as of >> > now, Let's wait till we get everything stablized, till then we'll use >> > nightly build for all variants of powerpc. Once we mark it as >> > maintained, then we can try to push that patch. >> >> Enabling the feature is mandatory even on nightly or with >> RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP=1, otherwise no asm!() macro can be called and so the >> kernel crate can’t be built. >> > The stable support is available on nightly. > Refer https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/147996
In that case you should add the feature with a comment that it's needed for PPC only and is stable in 1.95. Best, Gary > > Regards, > Mukesh >> > >> > Maybe Miguel can comment better on this. >> > >> > Regarding other patches, I am planning to work on ppc32 once ppc64le >> > stabilizes.
