[gentoo-dev] Current state of arm and arm64 architecture in Gentoo Linux

[gentoo-dev] Current state of arm and arm64 architecture in Gentoo Linux

[Pengcheng Xu]

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Hi all,

I'm currently working on my Gentoo GSoC project ( https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#5132157995974656 ), and I'm wondering what's the current work state of Gentoo Linux's arm architecture. The last stage3 tarball update date was 20161127, and, as it's quite dated compared to popular architectures (e.g. amd64), does that mean the architecture is no longer actively maintained anymore?

And I've read about the arm64 architecture for Gentoo Linux. Is that still considered experimental for now?

Thanks in advance,

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Pengcheng Xu (KireinaHoro)
School of EECS
Peking University
i@jsteward.moe


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Current state of arm and arm64 architecture in Gentoo Linux

[Robin H. Johnson]

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On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 07:39:59PM +0800, Pengcheng Xu wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm currently working on my Gentoo GSoC project (
> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#5132157995974656 ), and
> I'm wondering what's the current work state of Gentoo Linux's arm
> architecture. The last stage3 tarball update date was 20161127, and,
> as it's quite dated compared to popular architectures (e.g. amd64),
> does that mean the architecture is no longer actively maintained
> anymore?
> 
> And I've read about the arm64 architecture for Gentoo Linux. Is that still considered experimental for now?
The date of the stage3 tarball is mostly a function of lack time in
working on the host for the automated catalyst builds.

Specifically, spinning up stuff at Packet.net's ARM64 servers,
bootstrapped in Gentoo from their Ubuntu/Debian offerings.

Packages are definitely being tested & keyworded for arm64.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Current state of arm and arm64 architecture in Gentoo Linux

[Mart Raudsepp]

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Ühel kenal päeval, E, 30.04.2018 kell 18:11, kirjutas Robin H. Johnson:
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 07:39:59PM +0800, Pengcheng Xu wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I'm currently working on my Gentoo GSoC project (
> > https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#5132157995974656 ),
> > and
> > I'm wondering what's the current work state of Gentoo Linux's arm
> > architecture. The last stage3 tarball update date was 20161127,
> > and,
> > as it's quite dated compared to popular architectures (e.g. amd64),
> > does that mean the architecture is no longer actively maintained
> > anymore?
> > 
> > And I've read about the arm64 architecture for Gentoo Linux. Is
> > that still considered experimental for now?
> 
> The date of the stage3 tarball is mostly a function of lack time in
> working on the host for the automated catalyst builds.
> 
> Specifically, spinning up stuff at Packet.net's ARM64 servers,
> bootstrapped in Gentoo from their Ubuntu/Debian offerings.
> 
> Packages are definitely being tested & keyworded for arm64.

2016 old official stages are for arm 32bit. arm64 stages are less than
2 months old. Been working on stabilization queue, so the next built
stage would actually have updates :)

Regarding arm (where things are too outdated): there are newer
unofficial stages out there from non-developers, but official builds
have stalled.

Using those servers for arm32 stage builds could be interesting though
to get something out properly when hand-built, but I make a point of
staying hands off of arm32 (there's only so many hours in a day), so I
don't even know if it'd be anything similarly easy like x86 on amd64 hw
is.
If it is, I might be able to do the necessary commands to get it done,
when someone helps handle the issues that come up.

More details from arm64 side in a couple days hopefully, if still
needed.


Mart

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Current state of arm and arm64 architecture in Gentoo Linux

[Alec Warner]

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On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 7:39 AM, Pengcheng Xu <i@jsteward.moe> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently working on my Gentoo GSoC project ( https://summerofcode.
> withgoogle.com/projects/#5132157995974656 ), and I'm wondering what's the
> current work state of Gentoo Linux's arm architecture. The last stage3
> tarball update date was 20161127, and, as it's quite dated compared to
> popular architectures (e.g. amd64), does that mean the architecture is no
> longer actively maintained anymore?
>
> And I've read about the arm64 architecture for Gentoo Linux. Is that still
> considered experimental for now?
>
>
packages.gentoo.org should have support for arm64 soon. Its queued behind
some security related updates.

-A


> Thanks in advance,
>
> --
> Pengcheng Xu (KireinaHoro)
> School of EECS
> Peking University
> i@jsteward.moe
>
>

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Current state of arm and arm64 architecture in Gentoo Linux

[Pengcheng Xu]

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Then I'll use the arm64 stage for my project. Thanks for the information!

2018年5月1日(火) 3:52 Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org>:

> On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 7:39 AM, Pengcheng Xu <i@jsteward.moe> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm currently working on my Gentoo GSoC project (
>> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#5132157995974656 ), and
>> I'm wondering what's the current work state of Gentoo Linux's arm
>> architecture. The last stage3 tarball update date was 20161127, and, as
>> it's quite dated compared to popular architectures (e.g. amd64), does that
>> mean the architecture is no longer actively maintained anymore?
>>
>> And I've read about the arm64 architecture for Gentoo Linux. Is that
>> still considered experimental for now?
>>
>>
> packages.gentoo.org should have support for arm64 soon. Its queued behind
> some security related updates.
>
> -A
>
>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> --
>> Pengcheng Xu (KireinaHoro)
>> School of EECS
>> Peking University
>> i@jsteward.moe
>>
>>

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