From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FC0BC433E0 for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 07:58:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20A4C20575 for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 07:58:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726200AbgENH6N (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 May 2020 03:58:13 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:58177 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725952AbgENH6N (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 May 2020 03:58:13 -0400 Received: from ip5f5af183.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de ([95.90.241.131] helo=wittgenstein) by youngberry.canonical.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jZ8kr-000597-H0; Thu, 14 May 2020 07:58:09 +0000 Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 09:58:08 +0200 From: Christian Brauner To: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz Cc: "Luck, Tony" , "Yu, Fenghua" , "linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org" , Al Viro , Arnd Bergmann , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Sebastian Andrzej Siewior , "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" , Qais Yousef , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] ia64: enable HAVE_COPY_THREAD_TLS, switch to kernel_clone_args Message-ID: <20200514075808.krdtypxpag4tfa74@wittgenstein> References: <20200513204848.1208864-1-christian.brauner@ubuntu.com> <3908561D78D1C84285E8C5FCA982C28F7F6266E0@ORSMSX115.amr.corp.intel.com> <79e58d9b-5a39-390c-2f0c-0d87b63442b4@physik.fu-berlin.de> <20200514074606.vkc35syhdep23rzh@wittgenstein> <6b298416-1e64-eee7-0bb4-3b1f7f67adc6@physik.fu-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6b298416-1e64-eee7-0bb4-3b1f7f67adc6@physik.fu-berlin.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 09:53:49AM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hi Christian! > > On 5/14/20 9:46 AM, Christian Brauner wrote: > >>> My last functional ia64 machine no longer powers on. Unclear if it's just > >>> a broken power supply or something more serious. With almost nobody > >>> in offices/labs anymore my search for another machine is proceeding > >>> slowly. > >> > >> I could test it. > > > > Hey Adrian, > > > > That would be excellent and much appreciated. > > Do you think you can get it tested soon? > > The kernel is currently building, you should get it by the evening (CEST). Thank you! > > The machine also serves as a Debian buildd which is why it's a bit more > busy than other servers. Oh? Does it also produce Debian images for ia64 similar to what is done for sparc64? > > >> As for getting a working cross-compiler for ia64 in Debian, this has > >> been on my TODO list for a while now. Building a cross-compiler for > >> ia64 is a bit more tricky due to it's dependency on the external > >> libunwind. > > > > I hit that roadblock as well but yeah, a cross-compiler would be > > helpful. > > It's not difficult, it's just a bit of annoying package work including > some trial and error testing. > > Once the cross-compiler is in Debian, it will be available in Ubuntu as well. Would that based on a recent gcc? I vaguely remember a post somwhere that gcc 10 or 11 was planning to drop support for ia64? Thanks for your help! Christian