Re: Is there a powerpc64 machine to test some ports on?

On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:49:15 +0200
Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> 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.  

Unfortunately the builders are currently broken.  We need a powerpc dev
with enough time (at the right time) to work with clusteradm to fix
them.

> 
> 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 <https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/>, powerpc64 is
> Tier-2 in 13.x and 14.x, and will not be supported in 15.

powerpc and powerpcspe will not be supported in 15, but powerpc64 and
powerpc64le will.

- Justin

> 
> According to this
> <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/committers-guide/#_tier_2_developmental_and_niche_architectures>
> :
> 
>     Tier 2 platforms are functional, but less mature FreeBSD
> platforms. They are not supported by the security officer, release
> engineering, and Ports Management Team.
> 
>     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.
>