[OE-core] [RFC][PATCH 00/14] mips64 support and sh4 support

[Khem Raj]

On Monday, May 21, 2012, Richard Purdie wrote:

> On Sun, 2012-05-20 at 20:35 -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> > This patchset adds required bits into metadata for having
> > mips64/n64 support. I have tested the core-image-sato and
> core-image-minimal
> > builds and boots on qemumips64 and runs gcc regression testsuite.
> > It needs linux-yocto-dev kernel for now which can be obtained from
> > poky-extra repo. Additionally systemd-image on angstrom-next builds and
> boots
> > fine on qemumips64 as well.
> >
> > Additionally it also adds bits to have SH4 root file systems to be
> > able to built and again core-image-sato builds for sh4 however qemu
> > machine support is not yet done but root file sytem boots fine on
> > real hardware.
> >
> > The images are tested on both eglibc and uclibc.
> >
> > Any help in providing feedback or testing these patches is welcome.
> >
> > I have tested them enough for over a month now.
> >
> > The following changes since commit
> 326563d5a897ae2dba7cfd8d73579d3d979d72c8:
> >
> >   sstate.bbclass: Make sure we don't have an empty fixmepath file
> (2012-05-18 15:24:45 +0100)
> >
> > are available in the git repository at:
> >   git://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core-contrib kraj/mips64
> >
> http://cgit.openembedded.org/cgit.cgi/openembedded-core-contrib/log/?h=kraj/mips64
> >
> > Khem Raj (14):
> >   insane.bbclass: Add mips64{el} to known machines
> >   site: Add mips64 eglibc and uclibc site files
> >   gcc-4.6, gcc-4.7: Add support for building mips64 cross compiler
> >   binutils: Default to n64 when configured for mips64
> >   kernel-arch.bbclass: Map mips64{el} to mips KARCH
> >   eglibc-2.15: Support mips64
> >   libc-package: Add sh4 and mips64 to arch options
> >   runqemu: Add qemush4 and qemumips64 knowledge
> >   netbase: Add interface files for qemumips64 and qemush4
> >   site/sh-common: Add missing caches variables to build glib-2.32
> >   xserver-xorg: Fix build for mips64
> >   tune-mips64.inc: Add new tune file for mips64 big-endian
> >   qemumips64.conf: Add machine configuration for mips64(eb)
> >   qemush4.conf: Add machine configuration for qemush4
>
>
> We need to figure out what it means to add new qemu machines like this
> to OE-Core. I'm not against it however I can't offer the Yocto Project's
> resources to test them at this point as we're haven't budgeted for it.


Yes absolutely, in another version Actually I have these machines in a
separate later
Called meta-qemuextra may be such a layer would make sense ?


>
> The above patches make sense regardless so I've merged them except the
> final two machine files. I'd like to hold off adding those until the
> system builds and runs with our default kernel and qemu recipes.
> Hopefully this lets you develop without having a huge queue of patches.
>
> In the meantime we need to figure out the resource concern for testing.
> Is there a commercial interest in these new machines from anyone who
> could perhaps help with the resource issue?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
>
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