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
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