Re: Altivec in baseline for ppc64?
Hi On 13/07/2021 21:35, Karoly Balogh wrote: > Just to note it here, this CPU family is also used by some relatively > recent desktop-class PowerPC machines, like A-Eon's AmigaOne X5000 (and > its "CyrusPlus" motherboard). So it's not just about the support of some > obscure embedded dev board. e5500 is also used by NXP in their T1040 QorIQ network appliances I recompiled and ported most of Debian 8 packages to these boxes about three to four years ago. It went pretty smoth even if in some cases i had to patch some upstream source code because of inline ASM code or hardcoded compiler options in Makefiles. Hope fully it was very few software we were not using in network use case. Initial build hase been done using 5 dual cpu Powermac G5. Once it hase been proven working, and build chain boot strapped i recompiled a few thousands of packages using a Power 8 installed with the packages built on Macs So in some cases like mine it can be not about embeded boards or Amiga clones :) and i am still an Amiga lover and owner 30 years after :P Any ways i'll be happy to share and talk about this any days. Cheers W. -- kind regards, William https://forum.armwizard.org ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ wbonnet@(armwizard|firmwaretoolkit|neuralnet-studio).org ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ GPG fingerprint: 7189 DC8E 15B9 B3E4 EA3E 902B 8EAC F0B9 25A5 9D48 ⠈⠳⣄ OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Altivec in baseline for ppc64?
Hi, >> I am however not sure that my current choices for the ppc64 and powerpc >> baselines are optimal, hence this thread. If i can help you i'll be happy to. I have several Powermac G5 running current Debian i can use one to test your packages as long as you tell me please a little about the software to test (i don't know OpenBLAS). On the other hand i am used to build Debian packages on PPC64 and cpu support issues. an keep on tal talking about this "live on IRC". If needed we can send technical "conclusions on the list. How about this ? :) cheers W. -- kind regards, William https://forum.armwizard.org ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ wbonnet@(armwizard|firmwaretoolkit|neuralnet-studio).org ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ GPG fingerprint: 7189 DC8E 15B9 B3E4 EA3E 902B 8EAC F0B9 25A5 9D48 ⠈⠳⣄ OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Bug#741663: linux-image-3.13-1-powerpc-smp: therm_windtunnel does not load correctly
Hi all > The PowerMac G5 users on this list are kindly asked to confirm the bug has >been fixed. Until then, I'll reopen it. I am running the latest version (5.10.0-6-sparc64-smp #1 SMP Debian 5.10.28-1 (2021-04-09) sparc64) from the ports repo and it runs ok on two G5 Thanks for the work guys Kind Regards, W. >> been fixed. Until then, I'll reopen it. > Makes perfect sense to me. > >>> Back then, that meant compiling your own kernel. These days, you can >>> just use any Debian-provided kernel from 4.19 onwards. >> I'm not sure how this is relevant to the question whether the bug was fixed >> or not in the Debian kernel package. > Not relevant. It was just to say that the tester's job has become much > easier meanwhile. > -- William Bonnet GPG : 7189 DC8E 15B9 B3E4 EA3E 902B 8EAC F0B9 25A5 9D48 https://forum.armwizard.org OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: PPC64 port status
Hi, > That's actually a good question. I am guessing you could contact the > DSA team directly: > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/resources.html#server-machines > > You still have the option to maintain this machine by yourself > (non-DSA machines are just fine: https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi) Thanks, i am going to write to the DSA team. Is there some specific documentation to read about binNMU contributions ? (i mean something else than https://wiki.debian.org/binNMU) Cheers W. -- William BONNET CTO & Founder / The IT Makers william.bon...@theitmakers.com GSM +33 689 376 977 twitter @theitmakers signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
PPC64 port status
Hi all, I am currently working (office work) on a project using PPC64 based boards, each board is running a NXP e5500 processor. We plan to use Debian, and thus the PPC64 port. So, I have tested the version from debian-ports, it is almost working, but it seems that packages have been compiled with options which are not compatible with all the PPC64 CPUs, especially not compatible with e5500. I have several questions : ./ First of all is it the good place to talk about PPC64 ? I have only seen a PowerPC mailing list, thus I presume it is about all PowerPCs :) ./ Is there a defined "minimal" target for the PPC64 port ? I have understood that VMX support is not enabled [1] (please tell me if i am wrong). But VMX is not the only optional feature from PowerPC64 standard, and some CPUs like e5500 do not implement some optional opcodes that are used by packages currently available from the ports archive. So i would like to know what is the target, and if it is possible to consider supporting the "most generic PPC64 target", just like it is done for x86 archs ? ./ I would like to know please if there are some active work on the PowerPC64 ports ? If so I'd like to join the effort, and help either to port, or tests packages on e5500 boards. I would appreciate to get in touch with the PPC64 to know what kind of help is most needed, and figure out if I can do something (i.e. do you need acces to a porterbox, or whatever ?) And many more to come... Cheers, W. [1] https://wiki.debian.org/PPC64#Target -- William http://www.wbonnet.net http://france.debian.netAssociation Debian France http://www.opencsw.org Community SoftWare for Solaris signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
