[PATCH 0/7]: Get sparc building again.

[PATCH 0/7]: Get sparc building again.

[David Miller]

Here is a series of patches that fix the most obvious sparc bugs and
get the grub2 tree building again.

I have code for boot/ that will implement the sparc boot blocks and
things of that nature, but that will come later.

First things first, let's get it to actually build. :)

Re: [PATCH 0/7]: Get sparc building again.

[Vesa Jääskeläinen]

David Miller wrote:
> Here is a series of patches that fix the most obvious sparc bugs and
> get the grub2 tree building again.
> 
> I have code for boot/ that will implement the sparc boot blocks and
> things of that nature, but that will come later.
> 
> First things first, let's get it to actually build. :)

Thanks for looking at it. It has been rotting for some time now.

Basic principle is to look how it is done on other archs (mainly x86 at
this time). And adapt same principle there too. If those match quite
close each other it is easier to keep them all in sync...

Re: [PATCH 0/7]: Get sparc building again.

[Robert Millan]

On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 06:15:08PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> 
> Here is a series of patches that fix the most obvious sparc bugs and
> get the grub2 tree building again.
> 
> I have code for boot/ that will implement the sparc boot blocks and
> things of that nature, but that will come later.
> 
> First things first, let's get it to actually build. :)

Hi,

I suggest you get rid of sparc64-ieee1275.rmk and use powerpc-ieee1275.rmk
as a basis.  The sparc one has gone completely bitrot, and it'll be more
work to try to fix that than making a few adjustments to the powerpc one.

-- 
Robert Millan

  The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
  how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
  still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."

Re: [PATCH 0/7]: Get sparc building again.

[David Miller]

From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:26:51 +0100

> On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 06:15:08PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> > 
> > Here is a series of patches that fix the most obvious sparc bugs and
> > get the grub2 tree building again.
> > 
> > I have code for boot/ that will implement the sparc boot blocks and
> > things of that nature, but that will come later.
> > 
> > First things first, let's get it to actually build. :)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I suggest you get rid of sparc64-ieee1275.rmk and use powerpc-ieee1275.rmk
> as a basis.  The sparc one has gone completely bitrot, and it'll be more
> work to try to fix that than making a few adjustments to the powerpc one.

I did!  Look at the final sparc64-ieee1275.rmk I end up with
in my patches, it's essentially the powerpc one with
s/powerpc/sparc64/

Re: [PATCH 0/7]: Get sparc building again.

[Robert Millan]

On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 01:33:29PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:26:51 +0100
> 
> > On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 06:15:08PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> > > 
> > > Here is a series of patches that fix the most obvious sparc bugs and
> > > get the grub2 tree building again.
> > > 
> > > I have code for boot/ that will implement the sparc boot blocks and
> > > things of that nature, but that will come later.
> > > 
> > > First things first, let's get it to actually build. :)
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I suggest you get rid of sparc64-ieee1275.rmk and use powerpc-ieee1275.rmk
> > as a basis.  The sparc one has gone completely bitrot, and it'll be more
> > work to try to fix that than making a few adjustments to the powerpc one.
> 
> I did!  Look at the final sparc64-ieee1275.rmk I end up with
> in my patches, it's essentially the powerpc one with
> s/powerpc/sparc64/

Oh, alright :-)

-- 
Robert Millan

  The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
  how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
  still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."