From nobody Sat Oct 19 19:02:43 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 4XW9ts2WQkz5YwmS; Sat, 19 Oct 2024 19:02:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhibbits@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (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 (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "R10" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4XW9ts1xzXz45rQ; Sat, 19 Oct 2024 19:02:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhibbits@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1729364565; 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=0e7rV+nF49BMMXQT/BktKmBBVVZu13YdIC1LSj0c15c=; b=OvfxsouQYYPTuTDaDr9PiOdamQ+VTvT9OwS2AVjU3vEBpVed7Tua1ROucslUG/MtWSd4tp gBqNroTTHMiqV1fOFHRcJaPp4ajzJyjWVc7uWcw+B/WVfbrnZX6+Q8y1KzU5BUxQoikG9h 4z8eqdlYQiPqB23Jl/hnA5c+3mUNL7C479sL23LFPqsy0563cdv7GxEsUL4Zd4vvzgo0ip IB82RF3lp1TW3xkCBfxuRB6YN1kdzu87xo0aGw74RItb2aIYqxI+QG8+pW7Em58BMQBHTq kLZ1CLvWmiGd2kbpQQEV2qp9Pp6hxGKClSdOq1hSNZKtWfMjJ/0p6nDfEJJhvA== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1729364565; 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=0e7rV+nF49BMMXQT/BktKmBBVVZu13YdIC1LSj0c15c=; b=yB+6FJQQTk98fT4a5OMqgjUPAcueOLn60rtlVWt35nPhp3QWzhcAHNINxeCYO32W13LUZ5 yNEyr9YOp6bgXoswKhHHkyAxZXfKGJgr0+XQoSML0eWZOzhR0bI/w3nIsu5VfblwVMYudO uzY2+7LUkwTyPgRpFLL4xhWv24JURJnEQoc+kVp7ljHzdq9SkxoX4Th+GCKld7CUrNivso Oyf3nOsDLLVU2ZIj/Z7ryDCCL73z3nI8rZCedyMQL6I+RaN6TWFUNVqLWK4P3E3VmKyVhY M36EUvxZTlEIqIcVUcPJbP8Gk/HFCciU1H4OJeQMzagXLE0gcH/xX/DgwoyQKQ== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1729364565; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=cUebSmJc1GBUAo97Spt4oYNRslSLOnBjqkSVPkCFnwbCSCUUBs7QHRY9UrT+KcN9fPFM71 VrSZGiIFvzgt5CNh2zjhPDG7exzvcNsdhZWDwoVsbFTzfYi8PExnqWizj2NidDGQY0sa77 NVo4iApCiV7DP+mu4P5NhJYbFtndLAc0ciAK/FmiYkItbkIM4cQNGvReczlfiaa5B9QGAM 404aixtOyjqiYpNwnHbVCKUeGyQx97AzryhnaXrhtjPJbH58KFRDKoLaPIzbMpB4Vp4Bdi gCOaB33hTi+JJwC3uFKhvtOcCxqhX11bVtx3nNejg1HBhks/FZ0JDMJVwl+juA== Received: from ralga.knownspace (unknown [IPv6:2600:2b00:a720:d301:9f03:382a:d672:81f0]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: jhibbits) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4XW9ts07b1z13C1; Sat, 19 Oct 2024 19:02:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhibbits@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:02:43 -0400 From: Justin Hibbits To: Mathieu Arnold Cc: Ronald Klop , FreeBSD PowerPC ML , ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there a powerpc64 machine to test some ports on? Message-ID: <20241019150243.2c295e03@ralga.knownspace> In-Reply-To: References: <373291853.2182.1729156860720@localhost> <2146362566.2300.1729157220224@localhost> <1030512887.1617037.1729220071065@privateemail.com> <482711433.16142.1729239573045@localhost> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.43; powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu) 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:49:15 +0200 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. 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 , 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 > > : > > 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. >