From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org, eery@paperfox.es,
Daniel Kolesa <daniel@octaforge.org>,
musl@lists.openwall.com,
Will Springer <skirmisher@protonmail.com>,
Palmer Dabbelt via binutils <binutils@sourceware.org>,
via libc-dev <libc-dev@lists.llvm.org>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: ppc64le and 32-bit LE userland compatibility
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 12:47:48 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200602174748.GS31009@gate.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2006021342440.24059@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>
On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 01:50:32PM +0000, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Jun 2020, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>
> > > The supported glibc ABIs are listed at
> > > <https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/ABIList>.
> >
> > powerpcle-linux already does work somewhat, and that should also he
> > worth something, official or not ;-)
> >
> > (It has worked for very many years already... That is, I have built it
> > a lot, I have no idea about running a full distro that way).
>
> Greg McGary's patches as referenced at
> <https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-hacker/2006-11/msg00013.html> were
> never merged, and I don't know how big the changes to .S files were or if
> they were ever posted. Many files were subsequently fixed as part of
> bringing up support for powerpc64le, but without actual 32-bit LE testing
> as part of each release cycle there's not much evidence of correctness for
> LE of code not used for powerpc64le.
Yeah sorry, I meant I have built the toolchain parts a lot, not libc.
GCC and binutils. I reckon there is more work to do in libc, certainly
for configuration and similar.
Segher
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-02 17:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-29 19:03 ppc64le and 32-bit LE userland compatibility Will Springer
2020-05-29 19:24 ` [musl] " Rich Felker
2020-05-30 22:56 ` Will Springer
2020-06-09 10:29 ` Will Springer
2020-06-09 16:06 ` Rich Felker
2020-05-30 15:37 ` Christophe Leroy
2020-05-30 22:17 ` Will Springer
2020-06-05 23:54 ` Will Springer
2020-06-12 5:13 ` Christophe Leroy
2020-05-30 19:22 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-05-31 0:57 ` Will Springer
2020-05-31 20:42 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-05-31 22:29 ` [musl] " Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-02 1:36 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-01 21:28 ` Joseph Myers
2020-06-01 21:36 ` [musl] " Rich Felker
2020-06-01 23:26 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-01 23:45 ` Joseph Myers
2020-06-01 23:55 ` Joseph Myers
2020-06-02 0:13 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-02 0:11 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-02 13:40 ` Joseph Myers
2020-06-02 14:23 ` Michal Suchánek
2020-06-02 15:13 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-02 15:27 ` Michal Suchánek
2020-06-02 15:40 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-02 15:56 ` Michal Suchánek
2020-06-04 17:20 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-04 17:12 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-04 17:18 ` [musl] " Rich Felker
2020-06-04 17:33 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-04 17:46 ` Rich Felker
2020-06-04 19:00 ` David Edelsohn
2020-06-04 19:37 ` Rich Felker
2020-06-04 20:39 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-04 21:10 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-04 21:43 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-04 22:08 ` Joseph Myers
2020-06-04 22:26 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-05 0:02 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-04 23:42 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-04 23:35 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-05 2:18 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-05 17:27 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-05 17:50 ` Rich Felker
2020-06-05 23:45 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-05 21:59 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-06 0:12 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-06 2:13 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-04 21:55 ` Phil Blundell
2020-06-04 22:06 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-04 23:06 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-04 23:43 ` Phil Blundell
2020-06-02 14:52 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-02 2:12 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-02 2:17 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-02 13:50 ` Joseph Myers
2020-06-02 17:47 ` Segher Boessenkool [this message]
2020-06-02 1:58 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-02 2:09 ` [musl] " Jeffrey Walton
2020-06-02 2:12 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-02 2:36 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-02 2:55 ` Daniel Kolesa
2020-06-02 1:42 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-06-02 2:03 ` Daniel Kolesa
2021-10-08 11:25 Will Springer
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