[Buildroot] Autobuilder for powerpc64le?

[Sam Bobroff <sam.bobroff@au1.ibm.com>]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 09:56:07AM +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:52:03 +1100, Sam Bobroff wrote:
> 
> > > I'd say that both are useful, though (2) looks more interesting to me.  
> > 
> > At the moment, it's (2), although I might eventually try to get (1) going as
> > well.
> 
> OK.
> 
> > >  (2) Requires adding some base toolchain configurations in
> > >      https://git.buildroot.org/buildroot-test/tree/web/toolchains/configs/.
> > >      One .config file per toolchain configuration, and each of them
> > >      should be referenced in toolchain-configs.csv.  
> > 
> > OK! It's (2), so what do I need do next? Do I need to create the configs or
> > provide you with some info? (If it's me, are there instructions somewhere?)
> 
> You clone the Git repository at
> https://git.buildroot.org/buildroot-test/, add new .config files in
> web/toolchains/configs/, and reference them in
> web/toolchains/configs/toolchain-configs.csv, and then send patches on
> the Buildroot mailing list, as usual.

Great, I'll send a patch shortly.

> > Oh, also, how are the pre-built toolchains managed? I notice that some of the
> > configs use them and some don't. Can we create ones for the new targets?
> 
> Yes, we can. In this case, just provide me the base Buildroot
> configuration for those targets, and I'll build the toolchains
> accordingly.
> 
> Do you want just powerpc64/glibc and powerpc64el/glibc, or are there
> other interesting C libraries supporting powerpc64 that we should test ?

Just those at the moment.

> > > Also, if you're interested in powerpc64 and powerpc64le and we indeed
> > > add toolchain configurations in the autobuilders, it would be nice if
> > > you could add:
> > > 
> > > N:	Sam Bobroff <sam.bobroff@au1.ibm.com>
> > > F:	arch/Config.in.powerpc
> > > 
> > > to the DEVELOPERS file. This way, you will receive a daily e-mail with
> > > the failures that occurred on powerpc, powerpc64 and powerpc64le (i.e
> > > all BR2_ARCH values described in arch/Config.in.powerpc).  
> > 
> > I can only help with powerpc64 and powerpc64le, if that's OK then I'm happy to
> > add myself. I can probably find someone else around here to put their hand up
> > too. Should I just send a buildroot patch with the change?
> 
> We currently don't have a way of expressing interest only for powerpc64
> but not powerpc. Is it fine if you get both results?

It is, I'll send a patch for that as soon as the autobuilders are
in :-)

Cheers,
Sam.