Re: [PATCH V6 2/3] rust: Add PowerPC support

Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya
2026-02-23T02:22:17Z

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On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 at 00:41, Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 8:07 PM Link Mauve <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr> wrote:
> >
> > Should we come back to describing the target like I did in my first
> > patch[1] in scripts/generate_rust_target.rs, or should I bring that to
> > Rust to create a powerpc-unknown-unknown-softfloat target upstream? Or
> > is there a better third solution I’m not thinking of?
>
> We are trying to stop using the custom target specs, so we should ask
> upstream to give you a built-in target you can use (or equivalently, a
> flag to do what you need, but I think the idea is to not have such a
> flag).
>
> i.e. even if you used the custom target JSON, we would still need to
> ask, since the goal is to remove that script entirely.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Cheers,
> Miguel

I think disabling altivec, fp and vsx with compiler flag will work.

What is your opinion on this?

Regards,
Mukesh

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