From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NGJfX-0002qW-MK for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:56:59 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NGJfV-0002pD-UK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:56:57 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NGJfR-0002kt-5D for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:56:57 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54401 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NGJfQ-0002kb-QA for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:56:52 -0500 Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com ([74.125.78.147]:39805) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NGJfQ-0007xu-Aj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:56:52 -0500 Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 3so456971eyh.34 for ; Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:56:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=3ukBYLTqZOrvAjLLVrQYa7ihQYz/IumUBaOV8arf6ro=; b=k42/iC507AzJTLN6GGaUcB2TrjEuszSpd4en60W47ZUpczi7vJhyptgF/+4eTYcb6w YYipmJubMIXdteUl7dVNgs29tzxH61XAiN9Wa0z4nCSsKk5tLw6Gjz1oRNnVMQb+3dX+ vEjfJuJtq3j+Jxts3B/ng5sNSEi1iK+NqFe5A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=DNG9nV/66Fz3sRkdFew9ziGWcaUsKp6xdPsnJkz+j/Jb7JtrBLWCdTC/NLrczqQ4zt qN3dwBaaxAjPYahl7YMX9jHBeehDFg5a8cMkoA7QGOpzy8ehoEfcLW2onLQYKdq/FyDJ 1UH8hgZKyuftgPP7xOD5ntQqFR9jEnBxIhx5A= Received: by 10.213.38.199 with SMTP id c7mr2303170ebe.85.1259877411378; Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:56:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from debian.bg45.phnet (gprs01.swisscom-mobile.ch [193.247.250.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 16sm1563907ewy.6.2009.12.03.13.56.50 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:56:50 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B183412.60109@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:56:34 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20091109) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Miller References: <4B17A04D.20505@gmail.com> <20091203.110218.244112962.davem@davemloft.net> <4B181E03.4080600@gmail.com> <20091203.125900.90813059.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: <20091203.125900.90813059.davem@davemloft.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig8A6BEA05F10894C29EE7A5E9" X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Cc: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Fix sparc64 build... X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:56:58 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig8A6BEA05F10894C29EE7A5E9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable David Miller wrote: > From: Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko > Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:22:27 +0100 > > =20 >> For me the main reason for or against it is break probability. Merging= >> will avoid stupid breakages like ones you fixed but may introduce more= >> subtle ones >> =20 > > You lack a cross-build environment? > =20 I have only cross-build environment for ppc and mipsel. I installed sparc cross-toolchain from emdebian but apparently it's not enough to build grub-sparc. I was actually thinking that grub2-sparc was uploaded=20 to debian and so at least compile-tested. > I test build the Linux kernel for about 4 or 5 platforms, all on the > same computer. > > And also as we've seen, keeping the build working doesn't keep bugs > from creeping in. Someone just needs to actively build and install > test the tree on the given platform if you really want to avoid > problems. > > I have about half a year of potential regressions I'm about to > discover on sparc64. That's not an acceptable situation, long term. > > I might get hit by a bus or whatever, so it would be nice if someone > other than me were at least testing the code base out on sparc64. > > That way problems get spotted when they get added, or soon afterwards, > not 6 months later like some things are about to. :-) > > =20 The problem is that nobody of us has such hardware. I would happily do a sparc boot every 2 weeks but I just don't have a sparc --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enig8A6BEA05F10894C29EE7A5E9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iF4EAREKAAYFAksYNB4ACgkQNak7dOguQgkjwAD/T0FGtyi6rRlM2+AaeimRUAPU qglox1cXLHyqUDSfFEcA/3HGyYvxEADldUhwqmg1BwPqdf2oNgpjouWYl8TfcwDr =dfWN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig8A6BEA05F10894C29EE7A5E9--