Re: NetBSD and libfdt (was: Re: MSYS2 and libfdt)
hi, On 24/01/2023 11:27, Thomas Huth wrote: On 24/01/2023 10.20, Thomas Huth wrote: [...] On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 12:31 PM Thomas Huth wrote: Hi all, in some spare minutes, I started playing with a patch to try to remove the dtc submodule from the QEMU git repository - according to https://repology.org/project/dtc/versions our supported build platforms should now all provide the minimum required version. [...] Ok, I'll give my patch another try to see whether all the other systems have a usable version of libfdt available, too. ... and I apparently missed NetBSD in my first research: Looks like NetBSD is still using dtc v1.4.7 which is too old for QEMU. (though https://www.netbsd.org/docs/software/3rdparty/ talks about v1.5.1, I only get dtc 1.4.7 in our NetBSD VM). The not yet released netbsd-10 and -current have 1.5.1. Perhaps you can use netbsd-10 for your VM? Thanks, Nick
Re: MinGW and libfdt (was: Re: MSYS2 and libfdt)
On 24/01/2023 20.10, Marc-André Lureau wrote: Hi On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 7:08 PM Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 03:43:25PM +0100, Thomas Huth wrote: On 23/01/2023 17.23, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 05:57:29PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote: ... On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 12:31 PM Thomas Huth wrote: Hi all, in some spare minutes, I started playing with a patch to try to remove the dtc submodule from the QEMU git repository - according to https://repology.org/project/dtc/versions our supported build platforms should now all provide the minimum required version. ... So in theory we can try to drop the submodule for dtc now The dtc package is also still missing in the MinGW cross compiler suite in Fedora ... does anybody know what's the right way to request it there? Someone will need to write a specfile, and submit it for review. I can do the submission, or the review, but not both (can't mark your own homework) It's already been in rawhide for a few months. We can probably merge and update f37. https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/dtc/dtc/ Ah, great, good to know that it is on its way already. Even if this only gets released in F38 this still should be fine ... F38 is not that far away anymore. Thomas
Re: MinGW and libfdt (was: Re: MSYS2 and libfdt)
Hi On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 7:08 PM Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 03:43:25PM +0100, Thomas Huth wrote: > > On 23/01/2023 17.23, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 05:57:29PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote: > > ... > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 12:31 PM Thomas Huth > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in some spare minutes, I started playing with a patch to try to > > > > > > > remove the > > > > > > > dtc submodule from the QEMU git repository - according to > > > > > > > https://repology.org/project/dtc/versions our supported build > > > > > > > platforms > > > > > > > should now all provide the minimum required version. > > ... > > > So in theory we can try to drop the submodule for dtc now > > > > The dtc package is also still missing in the MinGW cross compiler suite in > > Fedora ... does anybody know what's the right way to request it there? > > Someone will need to write a specfile, and submit it for review. I can do > the submission, or the review, but not both (can't mark your own homework) > It's already been in rawhide for a few months. We can probably merge and update f37. https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/dtc/dtc/ -- Marc-André Lureau
Re: MinGW and libfdt (was: Re: MSYS2 and libfdt)
On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 03:43:25PM +0100, Thomas Huth wrote: > On 23/01/2023 17.23, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 05:57:29PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote: > ... > > > > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 12:31 PM Thomas Huth wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > in some spare minutes, I started playing with a patch to try to > > > > > > remove the > > > > > > dtc submodule from the QEMU git repository - according to > > > > > > https://repology.org/project/dtc/versions our supported build > > > > > > platforms > > > > > > should now all provide the minimum required version. > ... > > So in theory we can try to drop the submodule for dtc now > > The dtc package is also still missing in the MinGW cross compiler suite in > Fedora ... does anybody know what's the right way to request it there? Someone will need to write a specfile, and submit it for review. I can do the submission, or the review, but not both (can't mark your own homework) With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o-https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o-https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org-o-https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
MinGW and libfdt (was: Re: MSYS2 and libfdt)
On 23/01/2023 17.23, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 05:57:29PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote: ... On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 12:31 PM Thomas Huth wrote: Hi all, in some spare minutes, I started playing with a patch to try to remove the dtc submodule from the QEMU git repository - according to https://repology.org/project/dtc/versions our supported build platforms should now all provide the minimum required version. ... So in theory we can try to drop the submodule for dtc now The dtc package is also still missing in the MinGW cross compiler suite in Fedora ... does anybody know what's the right way to request it there? Thomas
NetBSD and libfdt (was: Re: MSYS2 and libfdt)
On 24/01/2023 10.20, Thomas Huth wrote: [...] On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 12:31 PM Thomas Huth wrote: Hi all, in some spare minutes, I started playing with a patch to try to remove the dtc submodule from the QEMU git repository - according to https://repology.org/project/dtc/versions our supported build platforms should now all provide the minimum required version. [...] Ok, I'll give my patch another try to see whether all the other systems have a usable version of libfdt available, too. ... and I apparently missed NetBSD in my first research: Looks like NetBSD is still using dtc v1.4.7 which is too old for QEMU. (though https://www.netbsd.org/docs/software/3rdparty/ talks about v1.5.1, I only get dtc 1.4.7 in our NetBSD VM). Reinoud, Ryo, any chance that you could get dtc updated to a newer version (at least 1.5.1) in NetBSD ? Thanks, Thomas
Re: MSYS2 and libfdt
On 23/01/2023 17.23, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 05:57:29PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote: Hi Thomas On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 12:31 PM Thomas Huth wrote: On 19/01/2023 09.56, Marc-André Lureau wrote: Hi On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 12:31 PM Thomas Huth wrote: Hi all, in some spare minutes, I started playing with a patch to try to remove the dtc submodule from the QEMU git repository - according to https://repology.org/project/dtc/versions our supported build platforms should now all provide the minimum required version. However, I'm hitting a problem with Windows / MSYS2 in the CI jobs: The libfdt is packaged as part of the dtc package there: https://packages.msys2.org/package/dtc ... meaning that it is added with a usr/include and usr/lib path prefix instead of mingw64/include and mingw64/lib like other packages are using (see e.g. https://packages.msys2.org/package/mingw-w64-x86_64-zlib?repo=mingw64). Thus the compiler does not find the library there. Also there does not seem to be a difference between a i686 (32-bit) and x86_64 (64-bit) variant available here? Does anybody know how libfdt is supposed to be used with MSYS2 ? The msys environment is a bit special, it's not an environment for a particular build target, my understanding is that it holds common files/tools. dtc should be added to https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages for it to be available as a target dependency. Do you have already any experience in requesting a new package there? Could you maybe do it? ... since I don't have a proper MinGW installation here, it would be very cumbersome for me right now. Here you go (although let see what CI has to say): https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/pull/15168 The msys2 maintainers are usually very quick and helpful, in my experience. Great, I just gave it a try, and it seems to be working, indeed: https://gitlab.com/thuth/qemu/-/jobs/3649509495#L668 Thank you very much Marc-André and Biswapriyo! And it merged 1 day after you posted it. So yes, the msys2 maintainers are indeed very quick & helpful :-) So in theory we can try to drop the submodule for dtc now Ok, I'll give my patch another try to see whether all the other systems have a usable version of libfdt available, too. Thomas
Re: MSYS2 and libfdt
On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 05:57:29PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote: > Hi Thomas > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 12:31 PM Thomas Huth wrote: > > > > On 19/01/2023 09.56, Marc-André Lureau wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 12:31 PM Thomas Huth wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>Hi all, > > >> > > >> in some spare minutes, I started playing with a patch to try to remove > > >> the > > >> dtc submodule from the QEMU git repository - according to > > >> https://repology.org/project/dtc/versions our supported build platforms > > >> should now all provide the minimum required version. > > >> > > >> However, I'm hitting a problem with Windows / MSYS2 in the CI jobs: The > > >> libfdt is packaged as part of the dtc package there: > > >> > > >>https://packages.msys2.org/package/dtc > > >> > > >> ... meaning that it is added with a usr/include and usr/lib path prefix > > >> instead of mingw64/include and mingw64/lib like other packages are using > > >> (see e.g. > > >> https://packages.msys2.org/package/mingw-w64-x86_64-zlib?repo=mingw64). > > >> Thus > > >> the compiler does not find the library there. Also there does not seem > > >> to be > > >> a difference between a i686 (32-bit) and x86_64 (64-bit) variant > > >> available > > >> here? Does anybody know how libfdt is supposed to be used with MSYS2 ? > > > > > > The msys environment is a bit special, it's not an environment for a > > > particular build target, my understanding is that it holds common > > > files/tools. > > > > > > dtc should be added to https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages for it > > > to be available as a target dependency. > > > > Do you have already any experience in requesting a new package there? Could > > you maybe do it? ... since I don't have a proper MinGW installation here, it > > would be very cumbersome for me right now. > > > > Here you go (although let see what CI has to say): > https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/pull/15168 > > The msys2 maintainers are usually very quick and helpful, in my experience. And it merged 1 day after you posted it. So yes, the msys2 maintainers are indeed very quick & helpful :-) So in theory we can try to drop the submodule for dtc now With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o-https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o-https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org-o-https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
Re: MSYS2 and libfdt
Hi Thomas On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 12:31 PM Thomas Huth wrote: > > On 19/01/2023 09.56, Marc-André Lureau wrote: > > Hi > > > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 12:31 PM Thomas Huth wrote: > >> > >> > >>Hi all, > >> > >> in some spare minutes, I started playing with a patch to try to remove the > >> dtc submodule from the QEMU git repository - according to > >> https://repology.org/project/dtc/versions our supported build platforms > >> should now all provide the minimum required version. > >> > >> However, I'm hitting a problem with Windows / MSYS2 in the CI jobs: The > >> libfdt is packaged as part of the dtc package there: > >> > >>https://packages.msys2.org/package/dtc > >> > >> ... meaning that it is added with a usr/include and usr/lib path prefix > >> instead of mingw64/include and mingw64/lib like other packages are using > >> (see e.g. > >> https://packages.msys2.org/package/mingw-w64-x86_64-zlib?repo=mingw64). > >> Thus > >> the compiler does not find the library there. Also there does not seem to > >> be > >> a difference between a i686 (32-bit) and x86_64 (64-bit) variant available > >> here? Does anybody know how libfdt is supposed to be used with MSYS2 ? > > > > The msys environment is a bit special, it's not an environment for a > > particular build target, my understanding is that it holds common > > files/tools. > > > > dtc should be added to https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages for it > > to be available as a target dependency. > > Do you have already any experience in requesting a new package there? Could > you maybe do it? ... since I don't have a proper MinGW installation here, it > would be very cumbersome for me right now. > Here you go (although let see what CI has to say): https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/pull/15168 The msys2 maintainers are usually very quick and helpful, in my experience. (I sometime use a windev evaluation VM, that I import with the help of https://github.com/elmarco/virt-install-windev) -- Marc-André Lureau
Re: MSYS2 and libfdt
On 19/01/2023 09.56, Marc-André Lureau wrote: Hi On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 12:31 PM Thomas Huth wrote: Hi all, in some spare minutes, I started playing with a patch to try to remove the dtc submodule from the QEMU git repository - according to https://repology.org/project/dtc/versions our supported build platforms should now all provide the minimum required version. However, I'm hitting a problem with Windows / MSYS2 in the CI jobs: The libfdt is packaged as part of the dtc package there: https://packages.msys2.org/package/dtc ... meaning that it is added with a usr/include and usr/lib path prefix instead of mingw64/include and mingw64/lib like other packages are using (see e.g. https://packages.msys2.org/package/mingw-w64-x86_64-zlib?repo=mingw64). Thus the compiler does not find the library there. Also there does not seem to be a difference between a i686 (32-bit) and x86_64 (64-bit) variant available here? Does anybody know how libfdt is supposed to be used with MSYS2 ? The msys environment is a bit special, it's not an environment for a particular build target, my understanding is that it holds common files/tools. dtc should be added to https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages for it to be available as a target dependency. Do you have already any experience in requesting a new package there? Could you maybe do it? ... since I don't have a proper MinGW installation here, it would be very cumbersome for me right now. Thomas
Re: MSYS2 and libfdt
On 19/01/2023 09.55, Stefan Weil wrote: Am 19.01.23 um 09:14 schrieb Thomas Huth: Hi all, in some spare minutes, I started playing with a patch to try to remove the dtc submodule from the QEMU git repository - according to https://repology.org/project/dtc/versions our supported build platforms should now all provide the minimum required version. However, I'm hitting a problem with Windows / MSYS2 in the CI jobs: The libfdt is packaged as part of the dtc package there: https://packages.msys2.org/package/dtc ... meaning that it is added with a usr/include and usr/lib path prefix instead of mingw64/include and mingw64/lib like other packages are using (see e.g. https://packages.msys2.org/package/mingw-w64-x86_64-zlib?repo=mingw64). Thus the compiler does not find the library there. Also there does not seem to be a difference between a i686 (32-bit) and x86_64 (64-bit) variant available here? Does anybody know how libfdt is supposed to be used with MSYS2 ? Thomas Hi Thomas, "dtc" is not the right package for cross builds. We'd require mingw-w64-i686-dtc and mingw-w64-x86_64-dtc packages for the QEMU build, but those packages are currently not provided by MSYS2. Ok, thanks ... so that basically means we cannot get rid of the dtc submodule yet. Thomas
Re: MSYS2 and libfdt
Hi On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 12:31 PM Thomas Huth wrote: > > > Hi all, > > in some spare minutes, I started playing with a patch to try to remove the > dtc submodule from the QEMU git repository - according to > https://repology.org/project/dtc/versions our supported build platforms > should now all provide the minimum required version. > > However, I'm hitting a problem with Windows / MSYS2 in the CI jobs: The > libfdt is packaged as part of the dtc package there: > > https://packages.msys2.org/package/dtc > > ... meaning that it is added with a usr/include and usr/lib path prefix > instead of mingw64/include and mingw64/lib like other packages are using > (see e.g. > https://packages.msys2.org/package/mingw-w64-x86_64-zlib?repo=mingw64). Thus > the compiler does not find the library there. Also there does not seem to be > a difference between a i686 (32-bit) and x86_64 (64-bit) variant available > here? Does anybody know how libfdt is supposed to be used with MSYS2 ? The msys environment is a bit special, it's not an environment for a particular build target, my understanding is that it holds common files/tools. dtc should be added to https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages for it to be available as a target dependency. -- Marc-André Lureau
Re: MSYS2 and libfdt
Am 19.01.23 um 09:14 schrieb Thomas Huth: Hi all, in some spare minutes, I started playing with a patch to try to remove the dtc submodule from the QEMU git repository - according to https://repology.org/project/dtc/versions our supported build platforms should now all provide the minimum required version. However, I'm hitting a problem with Windows / MSYS2 in the CI jobs: The libfdt is packaged as part of the dtc package there: https://packages.msys2.org/package/dtc ... meaning that it is added with a usr/include and usr/lib path prefix instead of mingw64/include and mingw64/lib like other packages are using (see e.g. https://packages.msys2.org/package/mingw-w64-x86_64-zlib?repo=mingw64). Thus the compiler does not find the library there. Also there does not seem to be a difference between a i686 (32-bit) and x86_64 (64-bit) variant available here? Does anybody know how libfdt is supposed to be used with MSYS2 ? Thomas Hi Thomas, "dtc" is not the right package for cross builds. We'd require mingw-w64-i686-dtc and mingw-w64-x86_64-dtc packages for the QEMU build, but those packages are currently not provided by MSYS2. See https://packages.msys2.org/search?t=binpkg=zlib for the zlib packages and related cross build packages. Stefan
MSYS2 and libfdt
Hi all, in some spare minutes, I started playing with a patch to try to remove the dtc submodule from the QEMU git repository - according to https://repology.org/project/dtc/versions our supported build platforms should now all provide the minimum required version. However, I'm hitting a problem with Windows / MSYS2 in the CI jobs: The libfdt is packaged as part of the dtc package there: https://packages.msys2.org/package/dtc ... meaning that it is added with a usr/include and usr/lib path prefix instead of mingw64/include and mingw64/lib like other packages are using (see e.g. https://packages.msys2.org/package/mingw-w64-x86_64-zlib?repo=mingw64). Thus the compiler does not find the library there. Also there does not seem to be a difference between a i686 (32-bit) and x86_64 (64-bit) variant available here? Does anybody know how libfdt is supposed to be used with MSYS2 ? Thomas
