Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:49:42 -0700 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: mat@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Cc: Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws> Subject: Re: Is there a powerpc64 machine to test some ports on? Message-ID: <E900AA54-B704-49B3-8BEC-F4505340F176@yahoo.com> References: <E900AA54-B704-49B3-8BEC-F4505340F176.ref@yahoo.com>
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Mathieu Arnold <mat_at_freebsd.org> wrote on Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 05:49:15 UTC : > On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 10:19:33AM +0200, Ronald Klop wrote: > > Thanks for the quick feedback. > >=20 > > I applied for the OSUOSL project. But I don't see any FreeBSD = project on the website. It looks very Linux oriented. Let's see if it = works out. > >=20 > > NB: the last powerpc64 package build looks to be from February '24. = Which makes me wonder if there is real interest in powerpc = ports/packages or that I should spend my time somewhere else as I don't = even have the hardware myself. >=20 > I would say it is up to you, if you have the time and are willing, go > for it, otherwise, there will be more important things to do : >=20 > According to this <https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/>, powerpc64 is > Tier-2 in 13.x and 14.x, and will not be supported in 15. As far as TARGET_ARCH goes . . . powerpc64 and powerpc64le stay Tier 2 according to that page. It is 32-bit powerpc and powerpcspe that become unsupported: Platform TARGET_ARCH 13.x 14.x Projected 15.x 32-bit PowerPC powerpc Tier 2 Tier 2 Unsupported 32-bit PowerPC with SPE powerpcspe Tier 2 Tier 2 Unsupported 64-bit PowerPC big-endian powerpc64 Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 2 64-bit PowerPC little-endian powerpc64le Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 2 > According to this = <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/committers-guide/#_tier_2_developmen= tal_and_niche_architectures> : >=20 > Tier 2 platforms are functional, but less mature FreeBSD platforms. > They are not supported by the security officer, release engineering, > and Ports Management Team. >=20 > The ports infrastructure should include basic support for Tier 2 > architectures sufficient to support building ports and packages. > This includes support for basic packages such as ports-mgmt/pkg, but > there is no guarantee that arbitrary ports will be buildable or > functional. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com
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