Hi Thomas,

On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 at 19:32, Thomas Weißschuh <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2026-01-06 14:36:23+0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 at 12:47, Thomas Weißschuh <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 2026-01-06 12:40:12+0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 at 23:14, Thomas Weißschuh <[email protected]> 
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > (...)
> > >
> > > > > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile.nolibc
> > > > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile.nolibc
> > > > > @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ DEFCONFIG_riscv32    = rv32_defconfig
> > > > >  DEFCONFIG_riscv64    = defconfig
> > > > >  DEFCONFIG_s390x      = defconfig
> > > > >  DEFCONFIG_loongarch  = defconfig
> > > > > -DEFCONFIG_sparc32    = sparc32_defconfig
> > > > > +DEFCONFIG_sparc32    = sparc64_defconfig
> > > >
> > > > How can we test sparc32 using a 64-bit kernel?
> > >
> > > CONFIG_COMPAT=y
> >
> > FWIW, testing 32-bit userland on a 64-bit kernel is something completely
> > different...
>
> I can't really follow. We are testing the userspace nolibc here and
> assume that the kernel component already works correctly. Whether that
> is a native 32-bit kernel, 64-bit kernel with CONFIG_COMPAT=y or even
> qemu-user-sparc doesn't really matter in my opinion. What am I missing?

Oh sorry, I thought this was part of the actual nolibc implementation
used by the selftests, not a test for nolibc itself.
>
> > > Please note that this changed in (the now committed) v2 anyways:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
> >
> > Sorry, I hadn't noticed the newer version, as the latter does not
> > include some keywords to trigger my interest ;-)
>
> Now I am left wondering about the specific keyword that triggered on v1
> but not v2 :-)

"m68k"

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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