Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support

2021-05-31 Thread Tobias Platen
For me the best way to run 32 bit powerpc software, is using KVM on a POWER9 system. The https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/ will run 32 bit software as well. Tobias On Wed, 26 May 2021 16:09:29 +0200 Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hi, > > Efraim Flashner skribis: > > > On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 10:2

Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support

2021-05-26 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, Efraim Flashner skribis: > On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 10:24:03PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: [...] >> 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

Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support

2021-05-24 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 10:24:03PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hi! > > Efraim Flashner 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. The

Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support

2021-05-11 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi! Efraim Flashner 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 supp

Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support

2021-05-10 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 04:38:38PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hi Efraim, > > Efraim Flashner skribis: > > > On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 06:04:02PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > [...] > > >> 3. OTOH, what will be the status of this architecture? I don’t think > >> new 32-bit PPC ha

Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support

2021-05-10 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 04:45:30PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Efraim Flashner skribis: > > > * gnu/packages/guile.scm (guile-3.0)[arguments]: On powerpc add two > > phases to adjust for 32-bit big-endian systems. > > [...] > > > + (add-after 'unpack 'adjust-bootstrap-flags

Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support

2021-05-06 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 04:48:09PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Efraim Flashner skribis: > > > * gnu/packages/disk.scm (mac-fdisk): New variable. > > * gnu/packages/patches/mac-fdisk-gentoo-patchset.patch, > > gnu/packages/patches/mac-fdisk-p18.patch: New files. > > * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_

Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support

2021-05-06 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Maxime Devos skribis: > Efraim Flashner schreef op do 22-04-2021 om 10:59 [+0300]: >> * gnu/packages/version-control.scm (mercurial)[arguments]: Skip tests on >> powerpc-linux. >> --- >> gnu/packages/version-control.scm | 6 +- >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> Unchang

Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support

2021-05-06 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Efraim Flashner skribis: > * gnu/packages/disk.scm (mac-fdisk): New variable. > * gnu/packages/patches/mac-fdisk-gentoo-patchset.patch, > gnu/packages/patches/mac-fdisk-p18.patch: New files. > * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Register them. [...] > +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/mac-fdisk-gentoo-p

Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support

2021-05-06 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Efraim Flashner skribis: > * gnu/packages/guile.scm (guile-3.0)[arguments]: On powerpc add two > phases to adjust for 32-bit big-endian systems. [...] > + (add-after 'unpack 'adjust-bootstrap-flags > + (lambda _ > + ;; Upstream knows about s

Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support

2021-05-06 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi Efraim, Efraim Flashner skribis: > On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 06:04:02PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: [...] >> 3. OTOH, what will be the status of this architecture? I don’t think >> new 32-bit PPC hardware is being made (right?), so I guess we >> probably won’t have substitutes

Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support

2021-04-18 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 12:51:01PM -0700, Chris Marusich wrote: > Efraim Flashner writes: > > > * gnu/packages/base.scm (binutils)[arguments]: Add phase on > > powerpc-linux to adjust the test suite. > > * gnu/packages/commencement.scm (binutils-boot0)[arguments]: Move custom > > phases after inh

Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support

2021-04-17 Thread Chris Marusich
Efraim Flashner writes: > * gnu/packages/base.scm (binutils)[arguments]: Add phase on > powerpc-linux to adjust the test suite. > * gnu/packages/commencement.scm (binutils-boot0)[arguments]: Move custom > phases after inherited arguments. Add phase on powerpc-linux to adjust > the test suite. Ni

Re: bug#47615: [PATCH 0/9] Add 32-bit powerpc support

2021-04-13 Thread Chris Marusich
Efraim Flashner writes: > * gnu/packages/debug.scm (american-fuzzy-lop): Add case for > powerpc-linux. > (qemu-for-american-fuzzy-lop): Same. > --- > gnu/packages/debug.scm | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/gnu/packages/debug.scm b/gnu/packages/debug.scm > index 2913c348