We didn't have any reliable way to build sparc test cases. I have
found someone who ships a compiler but the binaries still don't run
due to the need for CASA.

I'm posting mainly for those who actually care who might want to fix
up the remaining cases.

Alex.

Alex Bennée (6):
  tests/tcg: special case sparc test cases
  tests/tcg: special case sparc32plus test cases
  configure: update sparc and sparc32plus target compiler detection
  tests/docker: add sparc-leon-cross container image
  configure: enable the container fallbacks for sparc/sparc32plus
  docs/about: deprecate add sparc/sparc32plus-*-user

 docs/about/deprecated.rst                     |  8 ++++
 configure                                     | 11 ++++-
 .../dockerfiles/sparc-leon-cross.docker       | 40 +++++++++++++++++
 tests/tcg/Makefile.target                     |  9 ++--
 tests/tcg/sparc/Makefile.target               | 45 +++++++++++++++++++
 tests/tcg/sparc32plus                         |  1 +
 6 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/docker/dockerfiles/sparc-leon-cross.docker
 create mode 100644 tests/tcg/sparc/Makefile.target
 create mode 120000 tests/tcg/sparc32plus

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2.47.2

On 16/07/2025 11:54, Alex Bennée wrote:

> We didn't have any reliable way to build sparc test cases. I have
> found someone who ships a compiler but the binaries still don't run
> due to the need for CASA.
> 
> I'm posting mainly for those who actually care who might want to fix
> up the remaining cases.
> 
> Alex.
> 
> Alex Bennée (6):
>    tests/tcg: special case sparc test cases
>    tests/tcg: special case sparc32plus test cases
>    configure: update sparc and sparc32plus target compiler detection
>    tests/docker: add sparc-leon-cross container image
>    configure: enable the container fallbacks for sparc/sparc32plus
>    docs/about: deprecate add sparc/sparc32plus-*-user
> 
>   docs/about/deprecated.rst                     |  8 ++++
>   configure                                     | 11 ++++-
>   .../dockerfiles/sparc-leon-cross.docker       | 40 +++++++++++++++++
>   tests/tcg/Makefile.target                     |  9 ++--
>   tests/tcg/sparc/Makefile.target               | 45 +++++++++++++++++++
>   tests/tcg/sparc32plus                         |  1 +
>   6 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 tests/docker/dockerfiles/sparc-leon-cross.docker
>   create mode 100644 tests/tcg/sparc/Makefile.target
>   create mode 120000 tests/tcg/sparc32plus

I think the basic Debian toolchain for 32-bit SPARC is working because it is 
currently used to build OpenBIOS, so I don't think we're quite at deprecation point yet.

Let me have a look and see if I can figure out what is going on here.


ATB,

Mark.

Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk> writes:

> On 16/07/2025 11:54, Alex Bennée wrote:
>
>> We didn't have any reliable way to build sparc test cases. I have
>> found someone who ships a compiler but the binaries still don't run
>> due to the need for CASA.
>> I'm posting mainly for those who actually care who might want to fix
>> up the remaining cases.
>> Alex.
>> Alex Bennée (6):
>>    tests/tcg: special case sparc test cases
>>    tests/tcg: special case sparc32plus test cases
>>    configure: update sparc and sparc32plus target compiler detection
>>    tests/docker: add sparc-leon-cross container image
>>    configure: enable the container fallbacks for sparc/sparc32plus
>>    docs/about: deprecate add sparc/sparc32plus-*-user
>>   docs/about/deprecated.rst                     |  8 ++++
>>   configure                                     | 11 ++++-
>>   .../dockerfiles/sparc-leon-cross.docker       | 40 +++++++++++++++++
>>   tests/tcg/Makefile.target                     |  9 ++--
>>   tests/tcg/sparc/Makefile.target               | 45 +++++++++++++++++++
>>   tests/tcg/sparc32plus                         |  1 +
>>   6 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100644 tests/docker/dockerfiles/sparc-leon-cross.docker
>>   create mode 100644 tests/tcg/sparc/Makefile.target
>>   create mode 120000 tests/tcg/sparc32plus
>
> I think the basic Debian toolchain for 32-bit SPARC is working because
> it is currently used to build OpenBIOS, so I don't think we're quite
> at deprecation point yet.

If you can figure out the right runes to compile then we can just tweak
configure and also use the debian-all-test-cross image as a fallback.

>
> Let me have a look and see if I can figure out what is going on here.

Ack.

-- 
Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro