[fedora-arm] ARMv8 Bootstrap Project

[Chen Baozi]

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 02:01:51PM +0800, Chen Baozi wrote:
> I think I've found where this problem comes from.
> 
> In binutils srpm, there is a patch called
> binutils-2.22.52.0.1-aarch64-paths.patch. In this patch, there is a
> changset:
> 
> diff -urN binutils-2.22.52.0.1/ld/configure.tgt
> binutils-2.22.52.0.1-aarch64/ld/configure.tgt
> --- binutils-2.22.52.0.1/ld/configure.tgt       2012-11-15 14:33:51.503580945 -0700
> +++ binutils-2.22.52.0.1-aarch64/ld/configure.tgt       2012-11-15 16:01:31.095377997 -0700
> @@ -716,6 +716,12 @@
>    NATIVE_LIB_DIRS='/lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib'
>    ;;
> 
> +aarch64*-redhat-linux*)
> +  MULTIARCHTUPLE=aarch64-linux-gnu
> +  NATIVE_LIB_DIRS="/usr/local/lib64 /lib64 /usr/lib64"
> +  ;;
> +
> +hppa*64*-*-hpux11*)
It seems that "hppa*64*-*-hpux11*)" is redundant. So I deleted this line in
this patch.

>  aarch64*-*-linux*)
> ^^^ This may results the error. Since, there has to be ";;" between this two lines. Or
> just removing the "aarch64*-*-linux*)" line.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 10:54:38AM +0800, Chen Baozi wrote:
> > Hi Al,
> > 
> > It is really excited to see ARMv8 bootstrap on fedora. I'd really love to
> > get involved.
> > 
> > Right now, I'm following the wiki's instructions to rebuild stage1 to get
> > familiar with ARMv8's bootstrap. However, there is an error stopping the
> > stage1 building process saying:
> > 
> > /home/cbz/src/fedora-armv8/bootstrap/rpmbuild/BUILD/binutils-2.22.52.0.1/ld/configure.tgt:
> > /line 725: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
> > /home/cbz/src/fedora-armv8/bootstrap/rpmbuild/BUILD/binutils-2.22.52.0.1/ld/configure.tgt:
> > /line 725: `aarch64*-*-linux*)'
> > make[1]: *** [configure-ld] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory
> > `/home/cbz/src/fedora-armv8/bootstrap/builds/binutils'
> > make: *** [all] Error 2
> > + echo
> > 
> > + echo Module binutils failed
> > Module binutils failed
> > + return 1
> > 
> > The cross toolchain that I used is downloaded from linaro. And I rename all
> > its aarch64-linux-gnu-* to aarch64-redhat-linux-gnu-*. 
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Chen Baozi
> > 
> > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 02:30:27PM -0700, Al Stone wrote:
> > > Howdy.
> > > 
> > > It's time to announce a little project I've been working on for the last
> > > few weeks: the ARMv8 bootstrap project for Fedora.
> > > 
> > > There has been a lot of interest in ARMv8 (also known as aarch64) in the
> > > last few months since it was introduced by ARM.  A 64-bit processor that
> > > uses as little power as possible could provide an enormous cost savings
> > > to the vast and growing data centers throughout the world.
> > > 
> > > So, even though hardware is not yet available, we have started the work
> > > needed to bring Fedora to ARMv8.  Using the ARM provided Foundation
> > > model (a platform simulator for ARMv8), we have been building up the
> > > packages needed to eventually get to a full native build of Fedora.
> > > Details and current status are here:
> > > 
> > >    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/AArch64
> > > 
> > > Of the six stages needed in the bootstrap of a new architecture, we
> > > are in the middle of stage 2; these are therefore pretty early bits.
> > > In the interest of full transparency in what we do, and in the spirit
> > > of release early and release often, grab a copy and have fun!
> > > 
> > > On the Fedora wiki, you will find instructions on where to find all
> > > the bits and pieces used to construct the root file system image
> > > that's been created so far, and how to use the ARM Foundation model
> > > to do further work.  And there is plenty to do :).
> > > 
> > > If you'd like to help, read through the wiki pages above and get
> > > yourself to the point where you can run the ARM Foundation model
> > > using the Fedora root file system.  Then find a package needing
> > > some love and do what needs to be done for ARMv8 (the wiki explains
> > > how).
> > > 
> > > And if you have questions, you can find me (ahs3) on #fedora-arm on
> > > IRC (Freenode), or ask on this mailing list; the more, the merrier.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > ciao,
> > > al
> > > -----------------------------------
> > > Al Stone
> > > Software Engineer
> > > Red Hat, Inc.
> > > ahs3 at redhat.com
> > > -----------------------------------
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > arm mailing list
> > > arm at lists.fedoraproject.org
> > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
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diff -urN binutils-2.22.52.0.1/ld/configure.tgt binutils-2.22.52.0.1-aarch64/ld/configure.tgt
--- binutils-2.22.52.0.1/ld/configure.tgt	2012-11-25 19:55:31.121656907 +0800
+++ binutils-2.22.52.0.1-aarch64/ld/configure.tgt	2012-11-25 19:52:18.334864317 +0800
@@ -721,7 +721,6 @@
   NATIVE_LIB_DIRS="/usr/local/lib64 /lib64 /usr/lib64"
   ;;
 
-hppa*64*-*-hpux11*)
 aarch64*-*-linux*)
   MULTIARCHTUPLE=aarch64-linux-gnu
   NATIVE_LIB_DIRS="/usr/local/lib/$MULTIARCHTUPLE /lib/$MULTIARCHTUPLE /usr/lib/$MULTIARCHTUPLE"