[bug#45020] [PATCH 0/2] image: Add system field.

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hello,

Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org> writes:

> Hey,
>
>> OTOH, I might want to cross-build a Novena image from x86_64, or I might
>> want to build it natively.  Perhaps what could be said is that a Novena
>> image can either be built natively on armhf-linux, or cross-built to
>> arm-linux-gnueabihf.  Perhaps we should encode this constraint rather
>> than a specific ‘system’ or ‘target’?  (I’m thinking out loud…)
>
> Maybe the next step would be to define a <machine> record that encodes
> the "system" and "target" constraints for a specific board/machine. The
> kernel build options and userland packages options you are mentioning
> above could also be part of this record.
>
> As Danny is proposing, we could also have a "--native" argument to "guix
> system" that would force native build instead of cross-compiling.
>
>> Regarding ARM boards, do you think some additional abstraction is needed
>> to encode cross-cutting concerns that affect not just the partition
>> layout and choice of a bootloader, but also kernel build options, and
>> maybe options for some userland packages (are there examples of that,
>> though?)?
>>
>> Maybe the best course of action is to add all this info to <image> until
>> we have a better idea, after all.
>
> Sure, I agree.
>
>> I guess I’m contributing more questions that answers.  :-)
>
> It helps a lot anyway :)

I see this hasn't landed to the repo yet.  Are you still refining it, or
has it fallen into cracks?

Just checking :-).

Thank you,

Maxim