Package: arch-test Version: 0.22-1.1 Tags: patch, bullseye, bookworm, trixie, forky, duke, sid, experimental Control: found -1 0.20-1 Control: found -1 0.22-1 Control: found -1 0.22-1.1
Running arch-test doesn't list powerpcspe, though Qemu can support it. Running the helper directly shows:
$ /usr/lib/arch-test/powerpcspe qemu: uncaught target signal 4 (Illegal instruction) - core dumped Illegal instruction (core dumped) QEMU_CPU=e500v2 needs to be passed. $ QEMU_CPU=e500v2 arch-test powerpcspe works correctly. Patch attached and MR pending https://github.com/kilobyte/arch-test/pull/16
From e03ddff37e0e76f238b9beb26f391e27d79a3315 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ken Sharp <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:09:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] arch-test: special handling for powerpcspe binfmt cannot distinguish between powerpc and powerpcspe, and Qemu sends a SIGILL. The only way to fix this is to send the QEMU_CPU environment variable. --- arch-test | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch-test b/arch-test index 844e0b2..8d1867d 100755 --- a/arch-test +++ b/arch-test @@ -56,9 +56,14 @@ if [ $# -eq 1 ] HELPER_F="$(basename $HELPERS$1)" cp -p "$HELPERS$1" "$CHROOT/$HELPER_F" trap "rm '$CHROOT/$HELPER_F'" 0 - MSG=`chroot "$CHROOT" /"$HELPER_F" 2>/dev/null` - else - MSG=`$HELPERS$1 2>/dev/null` + if [ "${1}" = 'powerpcspe' ] + then MSG=$( chroot "${CHROOT}" sh -c "QEMU_CPU='e500v2' /"$HELPER_F"" 2>/dev/null ) + else MSG=$( chroot "${CHROOT}" /"${HELPER_F}" 2>/dev/null ) + fi + elif [ "${1}" = 'powerpcspe' ]; then + MSG=$( QEMU_CPU='e500v2' "${HELPERS}${1}" 2>/dev/null ) + else + MSG=$( "${HELPERS}${1}" 2>/dev/null ) fi if [ $? -eq 0 -a "x$MSG" = "xok" ] then echo "$1: ok"; exit 0 @@ -70,7 +75,10 @@ for x in $HELPERS* do ARCH="$(basename "$x")" ARCH="${ARCH##arch-test-}" - MSG=`"$x" 2>/dev/null|tr -d '\r'` + if [ "${ARCH}" = 'powerpcspe' ] + then MSG=$( QEMU_CPU='e500v2' "${x}" 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r' ) + else MSG=$( "${x}" 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r' ) + fi if [ $? -eq 0 -a "x$MSG" = "xok" ] then echo "$ARCH" fi -- 2.43.0
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