From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 16 04:01:19 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9D54A90 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 04:01:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from beattidp@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ie0-x22a.google.com (mail-ie0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::22a]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 96E2D2CE9 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 04:01:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f170.google.com with SMTP id e14so2766234iej.1 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:01:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc:reply-to :message-id:references:to; bh=08enLGlOl1xboMOZxH0BTQL6q5g+ZI2+nxiFv7PHtqA=; b=ly34JxEZkqHfGhnya61tfC2Lh9JuLFbWAMWMDWstUeeLy8T6cEntN1LldCBxO5j2xU 6Sj3+bjXMtE7mYCC0IOB2WYa3Ke4hDeOhMZOsfcdzkBXtpSn0/gImYatCFmyGo9eVEYa qIrUW2Pypsi1hu5i3pEnTRQuV2snShYv8SPUi0Ga92Th7EKN8CvAxQj34U4Ee3VQGdXC A+r2yAZJUPdJvpo9FxJEwtaFAV62HGbsyG5jZnFqLKxXwY3W0+uLplW6++tG1VpQQ+nK HEbQ/wLfYZ7hvt0fwZDqoeHHyxYjjMqDm/WeXuCv2UQ25ATN271EyeHrtP+IPHcWfpgP PIYQ== X-Received: by 10.50.178.133 with SMTP id cy5mr3948099igc.26.1376625679083; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:01:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.114] (75-162-208-106.slkc.qwest.net. [75.162.208.106]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id q4sm3526608igp.6.2013.08.15.21.01.17 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:01:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: pkg repository for ARM? Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) From: Douglas Beattie In-Reply-To: <986E81B3-7AB8-469B-BDBB-37909AAEEFE2@kientzle.com> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 22:01:14 -0600 Message-Id: References: <522A0D57-4DD4-4669-BB5A-AFCD81E9F497@netsense.nl> <986E81B3-7AB8-469B-BDBB-37909AAEEFE2@kientzle.com> To: freebsd-arm , Johan Henselmans X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: Tim Kientzle X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Douglas Beattie List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 04:01:19 -0000 Speaking of a package repository =85 On Aug 15, 2013, at 8:21 PM, Tim Kientzle wrote: >>=20 >> On a related note: is there a pkg repository where one can just get = compiled packages for ARM? >=20 > A few folks have partial ones but there's nothing official. Well, that's what I'd like to see; a set of directly-installable binary = packages, based on release, with a couple variants based on hardware core/code capability. I kept wondering where or how that was going to happen, now that ARM is = in the main kernel, and maybe eventually we'd come up with strategy and proposal for ease of = use and maintenance, moving forward. Also, you know ARM 64-bit is ramping up, so there's = what, maybe 3 or 4 variants at most to start with. Like, I wouldn't expect binaries built on BeagleBone Black to run on my = Atmel ARM9 board. But it would be nice to see a set of maintained, pre-built binaries with = reasonable assurance that any ARM system could do something like ( pkg_add -r openssl nginx ) = and it would install as expected, from a URL such as ... = http://freebsd-arm-repository.net/pub/FreeBSD/ports/arm9/packages-10-stabl= e/Latest/ = http://freebsd-arm-repository.net/pub/FreeBSD/ports/armv7/packages-10-stab= le/Latest/ = http://freebsd-arm-repository.net/pub/FreeBSD/ports/arm64/packages-10-stab= le/Latest/ (these are bogus, example only -- don't click) So, the only other trick might be either native compilation (farm), or = perhaps emulated ARM cores using QEMU ( a la qemu-system-arm ) -- I used to install and run = Debian-ARM that way. With a 1U dual-socket ProLiant server and 16GB of RAM, I wonder just how = many qemu-arm could run in parallel, batching the package builds, with a common = PKGDIR. Ah, well, the underlying issue may be a streamlined automated means to = build and publish the packages for ARM. But, am I correct in my assumption that ports in = particular really can't be 'cross-compiled' effectively? -- Douglas Beattie http://www.linkedin.com/in/beattidp