On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 07:07:03PM +0300, Meelis Roos wrote: > I have not tested any sparc32 configs since Debian dropped sparc32. > However, I do have some hardware that I'd like to put to good use for > testing the sparc32 changes (SS10 SP, SS10 MP, SS10 4x100 Ross, SS20 > (maybe SMP too), SS5 70 MHz stock CPU, SS5 with 170 MHz Fujitsu(?) CPU), > SS4, probably some lunchboxes too if I find some big enough working > HDD-s (LX, CLassic), ADEE S10Station (SS10 clone). Better test coverage on sparc32 is very welcome! I am sure you will hit some interesting issues... > That leads to the question, what is the best userland to compile and run > sparc32 kernels? This probably means recent gcc & binutils, and that > they are routinely updated. I can ocassionally compile a binutils or a > gcc if it has been automated by someone else (like in gentoo), or better > use binary packages and update these. And I want to compile the kernels > on these machines themselves (as all my tect machines do), to have > better testing. > > So, what distros do people suggest? My personal setup is simple... I used crosstool-ng to build my toolchainbased on gcc 4.5.2 I tested several gcc versions back then and this was the version that worked for me. My userland is very simple. I have used buildroot to build a rootfs with a minimal set of tools. Mostly busybox. Then I use tftpboot.img to do "boot net" so the image is fetched via tftp. This allowed me to keep the solaris image on the disk. I have several times thought about using a more complete distro - or just to add tools in my buildroot image. I would never try to build my kernel on the sparc boxes.. That just too painfull an execise. But for testning you are right that it would be good. So I am also eager to hear what people do suggest as I will likely try to upgrade my ss5 to a distro one day. Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
