Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2021 13:24:56 -0300 From: Mitchell Horne <mhorne@freebsd.org> To: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> Cc: Robert Clausecker <fuz@fuz.su>, freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 32-bit executables on aarch64? Message-ID: <CADeAsy3j_eRow7EK9buTyj6d-Lt8pwTU3neyLKNh29GHsewCaw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20210401151755.GO92026@FreeBSD.org> References: <202103311655.12VGtx3T036893@office.dignus.com> <YGS1exSvCS7sFGn%2B@fuz.su> <E1269F39-41F2-40F7-B8F5-2E39349B9C3F@yahoo.com> <YGTlpD7ph2fPlaM6@fuz.su> <BDE56DE3-976D-4564-8ABD-D4D218C670F7@yahoo.com> <YGT7mHl1tXwmdXRn@fuz.su> <CADeAsy3dKYaCwCQ3NXvFAAExZt_aNAciw2hThL%2BJx3kNNbEPtw@mail.gmail.com> <20210401151755.GO92026@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 12:18 PM Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 08:48:50PM -0300, Mitchell Horne wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 7:45 PM Robert Clausecker <fuz@fuz.su> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Mark, > > > > > > The intent is to test and develop software that only runs on > > > armv7 (specifically, Mecrisp Stellaris, a Forth system written > > > in ARM assembly). This is best done natively. > > > > > > It's actually kinda annoying that no binary release tarballs > > > are provided for armv7, so setting up the jail involves an > > > annoying make world step. For amd64 jails, I can just unpack > > > the binary tarballs and fix the configuration and I'm good to go. > > > > > > > This issue about lack of distribution sets for armv7 has come up a > > couple of times. It wouldn't take much to start producing them > > officially, so I plan to submit a patch for this once re@ is done with > > the 13.0 release. > > > > The problem is (was?) the armv6/armv7 bits used a specific KERNCONF for > each SoC, which made it somewhat impossible to guarantee that > distribution sets would "just work". As I understand it now, this is no > longer an issue. > > However, the release/Makefile has no real knowledge of how to build > a release for armv7; the build is done using release.sh and a specific > configuration file for each board. > > If the previous comment regarding KERNCONF is indeed no longer an issue, > I will be happy to work with you on creating these distribution sets. > Sounds good, thanks Glen. As Warner points out this is no longer a blocker, and should not pose a problem for userland anyway. I expect the main consumer of these sets will be people setting up a quick armv7 jail/chroot on arm64, e.g. for poudriere. I'll reach out in a couple weeks. Mitchell > Glen >
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