Re: CPU requirements for powerpc

2016-10-10 Thread luigi burdo
hi riccardo, i m sure some package inside on debian are compiled with altivec and other not generic math instrucions because i need to have kernel compiled with math emulation enabled or the x will not run ... vlc crash and firefox crash if i play video on eg youtube. luigi Inviato da iPad >

Re: CPU requirements for powerpc

2016-10-10 Thread Christoph Biedl
Mathieu Malaterre wrote... > Don't forget to set the usertags so that we can track those. #840354 about the syslog-ng issue (which is actually in src:pcre3 as assumed). I'm not sure if usertags can be set that way, we'll see. Christoph signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: CPU requirements for powerpc

2016-10-10 Thread Gabriel Paubert
On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 08:20:29AM +, luigi burdo wrote: > Please, do not build the distro with altivec enabled or will cut > compatibility with all powerpc emb systems > > Freescale, Amcc and so and so . > > In my case i have a dual 5020 and a quad core 5040 system and everytime apps > or

Re: CPU requirements for powerpc

2016-10-10 Thread luigi burdo
is not an altivec emultation working inside the linux kernel. Thanks Luigi Da: mathieu.malate...@gmail.com per conto di Mathieu Malaterre Inviato: sabato 8 ottobre 2016 20.51 A: Christoph Biedl Cc: PowerPC List Debian Oggetto: Re: CPU requirements for

Re: CPU requirements for powerpc

2016-10-09 Thread Rick Thomas
Your evidence is compelling. Even if it doesn’t present a smoking gun. It definitely looks like you’ve got enough material for a bug report against syslog-ng. You can always add to the bug report later when you have a suggested patch. Rick On Oct 9, 2016, at 1:58 AM, Christoph Biedl wrote: >

Re: CPU requirements for powerpc

2016-10-09 Thread Christoph Biedl
Rick Thomas wrote... > Can you give us some more details? In general I'm somewhat reluctant since first conclusions are usually wrong and I certainly don't want to create noise at the wrong place. So I'd rather debug a little longer until I can identify the real cause, and create a patch to prove

Re: CPU requirements for powerpc

2016-10-09 Thread Rick Thomas
On Oct 8, 2016, at 11:02 AM, Christoph Biedl wrote: > Hello, > > just to make sure I got things right: The 74xx/G4 processors are > to be supported by Debian's powerpc architecture? > > Background: On my G4 boxes I encounter SIGILL from several packages, > turns out they were built with compi

Re: CPU requirements for powerpc

2016-10-08 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, On 08/10/2016 20:51, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: I use a PowerMac (Mac Mini) with a G4 and everything is fine. Technically even Altivec is not required: and I hope it remains so or G3 users will loose their iMacs or iBooks (like i mine!) Riccardo

Re: CPU requirements for powerpc

2016-10-08 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Christoph Biedl wrote: > Hello, > > just to make sure I got things right: The 74xx/G4 processors are > to be supported by Debian's powerpc architecture? I use a PowerMac (Mac Mini) with a G4 and everything is fine. Technically even Altivec is not required: https:/

CPU requirements for powerpc

2016-10-08 Thread Christoph Biedl
Hello, just to make sure I got things right: The 74xx/G4 processors are to be supported by Debian's powerpc architecture? Background: On my G4 boxes I encounter SIGILL from several packages, turns out they were built with compiler options for more recent CPUs, hence the program abort. The buildds