Bug#611249: gcc-4.4: Fix PR44606 concerning powerpcspe architecture

Package: src:gcc-4.4 Version: 4.4.5-9 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hi, the attached .debdiff fixes PR44606 [1], a register-allocation bug that (seldomly) miscompiles floating point code in the unofficial powerpcspe port [2]. This is a backport of commit 168347 from GCC svn [3]. The patch modifie

[patch] Make tbb build on PowerPC/SPE

Hi, just saw that the tbb package is marked as 'not for us' on powerpcspe: http://buildd.debian-ports.org/status/package.php?p=tbb I have been building tbb myself from source for PPCSPE using the attached 2-line patch. It seems to work, at first glance, but I didn't run very serious test-cases.

Re: Build of powerpcspe port

> "Wachholz," == Wachholz, Ruediger > writes: > We're evaluating to build an embedded system on powerpc e500v2 > (=powerpcspe) architecture. We made some tests using binary powerpcspe > sid from debian-ports (http://wiki.debian.org/PowerPCSPEPort) and > would like to proceed. Actually ou

Re: Build of powerpcspe port

> "Moffett," == Moffett, Kyle D writes: [..] >> I don't think that you will be successful building squeeze from >> scratch for powerpcspe. Some packages need patches to properly build >> on powerpcspe (i think that even includes libc6). Those packages are >> not even in 'unstable' but in 'u

Re: AW: Build of powerpcspe port

> "Wachholz," == Wachholz, Ruediger > writes: > Hi David, Kyle, > thanks a lot for your explanations so far. For the moment i expect my > part to contribute to use the existing port and report problems. We'll > see whether i'm able to to some more. > For the moment i'd like to make use

Re: Source repositories for powerpcspe port

> Wachholz, Ruediger wrote: >> > So where can i access the source repositories used to build the powerpcspe > port? > apt-get source $package It's a little bit more difficult than that, unfortunately :(. The source-packages in http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian may have different versions from

Re: Source repositories for powerpcspe port

>>>>> "Sebastian" == Sebastian Andrzej Siewior writes: > David Kuehling wrote: >> with full set of corresponding source packages (omitting any binary >> packages for which we can't find the source): > There should not be any. If there are, pleas

Re: Source repositories for powerpcspe port

> David Kuehling wrote: >>>>>>> "Sebastian" == Sebastian Andrzej Siewior >>>>>>> writes: >>> >>>>> David Kuehling wrote: >>>> with full set of corresponding source packages (omitting any binary >&

Re: AW: Source repositories for powerpcspe port

>> We're using the 'debparanoia' mirroring tool to get a powerpcspe >> mirror with full set of corresponding source packages (omitting any >> binary packages for which we can't find the source): >> >> https://sourceforge.net/projects/debparanoia/develop >> >> This script uses snapshot.debian.org

Re: AW: AW: Source repositories for powerpcspe port

>> David Kuehling wrote: >> >> We're using the 'debparanoia' mirroring tool to get a powerpcspe >> >> mirror with full set of corresponding source packages (omitting any >> >> binary packages for which we can't find the source): >

Some 'required' packages broken for powerpcspe port

Hi, just found out that with the current state of the powerpcspe port [1] I cannot multistrap even a rudimentary debian system. A few months ago multistrap worked without problems. There seem to be two culprits: 1. Nowadays some required packages depend on the metapackage 'multiarch-support'

Re: Some 'required' packages broken for powerpcspe port

> "Kyle" == Kyle Moffett writes: [..] >> 1. Nowadays some required packages depend on the metapackage >> 'multiarch-support' (e.g. 'libselinux1'). However >> 'multiarch-support' is only provided by newer eglibc packages, not by >> the eglibc package currently found in the powerpcspe archive

Re: Some 'required' packages broken for powerpcspe port

>>>>> "Kyle" == Kyle Moffett writes: > On Jul 01, 2011, at 16:17, David Kuehling wrote: >> "Kyle" == Kyle Moffett writes: >>>> 1. Nowadays some required packages depend on the metapackage >>>> 'multiarch-support' (e.

Re: Some 'required' packages broken for powerpcspe port

> "Kyle" == Kyle Moffett writes: >> Looks like this part is rather trivial. You still have 2 short >> patches, both of which have not gone to eglibc upstream nor into >> debian sid (as far as I can see, eglibc.org is currently down). >> >> I'll file bug reports and send you the fixed source

Re: Some 'required' packages broken for powerpcspe port

>>>>> "Sebastian" == Sebastian Andrzej Siewior writes: > David Kuehling wrote: >>> One thing that's worth mentioning, if the GNU ld patches that >>> Sebastian proposed got fully merged then any patches solely fixing >>> "lwsync&quo

[PATCH] make eglibc-2.13-8 work on arch powerpcspe

e1 + * dropped 0002-replace-eieio-with-mbar-on-__SPE__.patch since that +should nowadays be handled by GNU 'as' + * added local-no-fma.patch to fix new compile problem on powerpcspe + + -- David Kuehling Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:35:07 +0200 + eglibc (2.13-8) unstable; urgency=low [ Sa

Re: Some 'required' packages broken for powerpcspe port

> "Sebastian" == Sebastian Andrzej Siewior writes: >>> I could upload my chroot by end of the week. Is this helpful? >> >> I'm already tinkering with multistrapping a chroot from >> snapshot.debian.org (currently trying May 9 2011). If I'm lucky this >> will soon work. So now I have a doub

[patch] make xenomai userspace tools compile on arch powerpcspe

5.6/debian/changelog xenomai-2.5.6/debian/changelog --- xenomai-2.5.6/debian/changelog 2011-05-05 21:09:55.0 +0200 +++ xenomai-2.5.6/debian/changelog 2011-07-11 15:38:28.0 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +xenomai (2.5.6-2+powerpcspe1) unstable; urgency=low + + * fixes for powerpcspe +