On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 08:59:02PM +0000, Ian Eure wrote: > Hi Tobias, > > On Sat, Nov 30, 2024, at 8:18 PM, Tobias Alexandra Platen wrote: > > When I try to install Kicad, I'll get the following output: > > > > The following derivations will be built: > > /gnu/store/5rinv8djwjz0bdami6nr6cm3zj382fsb-libcxi-1.0.1- > > 0.5b6f8b5.drv > > /gnu/store/x26zsx3fw74vhfc35i79fansmlmhl0cc-libfabric-1.22.0.drv > > /gnu/store/nfj2qvhyxvfc7x5fkdlyg2z1wnpqw9cz-openmpi-4.1.6.drv > > /gnu/store/l1rbmwj9m4kgkm1qada665mm0m6g10w1-libngspice-43.drv > > /gnu/store/y88c48hzcm78ch39wjfa3dpdgw9n6m7r-webkitgtk-with-libsoup2- > > 2.44.1.drv > > /gnu/store/qv0zpz8h2dvhbmxz6smsbmc763rdkdxm-wxwidgets-3.2.5.drv > > /gnu/store/llydl3baxardzgf9xmdbgjikny68vaar-python-wxpython-4.2.0.drv > > /gnu/store/b0s2jgimknw6035kcqvpb6sdxkhakz7b-kicad-7.0.11.drv > > > > After a few minutes the build fails with: > > > > building /gnu/store/5rinv8djwjz0bdami6nr6cm3zj382fsb-libcxi-1.0.1- > > 0.5b6f8b5.drv... > > \ 'build' phasebuilder for > > `/gnu/store/5rinv8djwjz0bdami6nr6cm3zj382fsb-libcxi-1.0.1- > > 0.5b6f8b5.drv' failed with exit code 1 > > build of /gnu/store/5rinv8djwjz0bdami6nr6cm3zj382fsb-libcxi-1.0.1- > > 0.5b6f8b5.drv failed > > View build log at > > '/var/log/guix/drvs/5r/inv8djwjz0bdami6nr6cm3zj382fsb-libcxi-1.0.1- > > 0.5b6f8b5.drv.gz'. > > ........ > > CC utils/read_lat.o > > ........ > > #error "Unsupported CPU architecture" > > > > I also found a blogpost which mentions libcxi, what does libcxi do? > > https://hpc.guix.info/blog/2024/11/targeting-the-crayhpe-slingshot-interconnect/ > > > > The package description provides a pretty good summary: > > Interface to the Cassini/Slingshot high-speed interconnect > > Libcxi provides applications with a low-level interface to the > Cray/HPE Cassini high-speed NIC (network interface controller), also > known as Slingshot. > > > I guess that libcxi is optional for Kicad, so I could hack guix to > > build Kicad without libcxi. > > > > I think this is worth a bug report, and maybe you're also up to sending some > patches? I think it's slightly more complicated than just the kicad package, > though, since libcxi isn't a direct dependency: > > $ guix graph --path kicad libcxi > kicad@7.0.11 > libngspice@43 > openmpi@4.1.6 > libfabric@1.22.0 > libcxi@1.0.1-0.5b6f8b5 > > So, I think what needs to happen is that libcxi needs to have POWER9 removed > from its supported-systems field; and libfabric needs to conditionally > include libcxi in its inputs based on architecture. I think the best way to > do that is by checking for the build system in (package-supported-systems > libcxi), which will avoid hardcoding duplicate arch tests in two packages.
I pushed a patch limiting cassini-headers (one of libcxi's dependencies) to the architectures it supports, and then I adjusted libfabric to check the transitive-supported-packages. Kicad should now build again on ppc64le. -- Efraim Flashner <efr...@flashner.co.il> אפרים פלשנר GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted
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