From nobody Sat Oct 19 16:26:31 2024 X-Original-To: ports@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4XW6QF2YQgz5bG0W; Sat, 19 Oct 2024 16:26:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pj@smo.de) Received: from mail.adebahr.de (mail.adebahr.de [185.66.179.123]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mail.adebahr.de", Issuer "R10" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4XW6QD5DBwz4nYP; Sat, 19 Oct 2024 16:26:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pj@smo.de) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from [192.168.153.212] (pd9515c67.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.81.92.103]) by mail.adebahr.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 561216016E; Sat, 19 Oct 2024 18:26:02 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=smo.de; s=mail; t=1729355162; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=GjWpruT2nH+tdDjnBchTJjA+8AK+R/BLYammSd0xkH0=; b=RPxcsZK2KviYF4rRizIxAKY7VOOBDrV5/Hf14SBxFyHfrP4MNseWLx+KKlSncEqAfbvhzZ Yh7drM8e7WrLE9pUTletF98Z4RQ9VyF6Q66vG8lqSYuisLDASgDdA/hxy+sJGrTEGL+Tnk j3PY9/7Nw235K4CPEiMKmEmPdyVt8TVJDbzRC0ryUvFXnqX+rCLJRu5zQS7nnGPQiKFDdz 0zFQ7E5uCKskB4cnn2hPNx7ldCkd4C7s3HieM7hz/0B8w0+N5YVK3AHGaZA81xZKonFiia aZgQtGDgz/cRAlWcRsOWA5neMxh9R5S9Vq7mx0ORzAX54yjLvAzFoKFQa+AZTg== Message-ID: <45a6f338-7ba5-4b92-b76d-bcbfb437a1af@smo.de> Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 18:26:31 +0200 List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ports List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Is there a powerpc64 machine to test some ports on? To: Mathieu Arnold , Ronald Klop Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML , ports@freebsd.org References: <373291853.2182.1729156860720@localhost> <2146362566.2300.1729157220224@localhost> <1030512887.1617037.1729220071065@privateemail.com> <482711433.16142.1729239573045@localhost> Content-Language: en-US From: Philipp Ost In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:212341, ipnet:185.66.176.0/22, country:DE] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4XW6QD5DBwz4nYP X-Spamd-Bar: ---- On 10/19/24 07:49, Mathieu Arnold wrote: > On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 10:19:33AM +0200, Ronald Klop wrote: >> Thanks for the quick feedback. >> >> 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. >> >> 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. > > 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 : > > According to this , powerpc64 is > Tier-2 in 13.x and 14.x, and will not be supported in 15. That is not correct. It states right there on this website that both big- and little-endian 64-bit PowerPC are projected to have Tier-2 status in FreeBSD 15. 32-bit PowerPC will not be supported in 15. Best Philipp