Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ia64: enable HAVE_COPY_THREAD_TLS, switch to kernel_clone_args | From | John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <> | Date | Wed, 13 May 2020 23:26:35 +0200 |
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Hi Tony!
On 5/13/20 11:19 PM, Luck, Tony wrote: >> I tried my very best to test this patch including installing Debian 3 >> and 4 to try and get my hands on a gcc version that would allow >> cross-compiling for ia64. But no, even that wasn't possible let alone a >> working qemu for ia64. So this is largely untested but hopefully a >> straightforward change. If this breaks something we will hear from >> people if they still care about new kernels on ia64 since they won't be >> able to get any further than trying to start init. :) If this patch >> breaks it, I'll fix it. > > 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.
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.
Adrian
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