Re: Bootstrap Tarballs for alpha-linux Targets

[Nils Gillmann]

Ludovic Courtès transcribed 1.3K bytes:
> Hello Vincent,
> 
> Vincent Weisner <address@hidden> skribis:
> 
> > On Aug 10, 2018, at 05:10 AM, Vincent Weisner <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >  I have cross-compiled the GNU Guix bootstrap tarballs for DEC Alpha 
> > systems running GNU/Linux. I don't own an Alpha system, so I didn't get to 
> > test them.
> >  The SHA256 Checksum for the uploaded files are:
> >  53d990843c2c64f6593d0ae8262dca758910da6783b3949ef54677a87c3c5cd8 - 
> > binutils-static-stripped-2.28-alpha-linux-gnu.tar.xz
> >  2ab011049b50f4ce04952e3fab7c6020da71e13b454cceb75f6fbd774b8973d2 - 
> > gcc-stripped-5.4.0-alpha-linux-gnu.tar.xz
> >  6c36b8179fee99e942b7bdf49e523d4f46aa23cbbd9bc818364239fc67b3fe6c - 
> > glibc-stripped-2.25-alpha-linux-gnu.tar.xz
> >  8668d3943ab2045a061f442954964fcb07fed2136edb08ecf9ef561ddb120ddf - 
> > guile-static-stripped-2.2.2-alpha-linux-gnu.tar.xz
> >  7c1cdc3b63794315040d77b4d019793444b9496b9843bc87d2ed70dc0435731b - 
> > static-binaries-0-alpha-linux-gnu.tar.xz
> >
> >  I will upload the bootstrap GCC tarball in a reply as I maxed out my 
> > attachment space.
> 
> Nice!  Did cross-compilation work without any additional patches?
> Do you have hardware to run it on?
> 
> Since Alpha CPUs are (unfortunately) no longer produced, I would rather
> not include the Alpha port in Guix proper.  You would have to maintain
> your own branch of Guix if you plan to use it regularly.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
> 

For those who might be interested:

Is this an entire range of CPUs with no differences wrt binary compability?