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On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 12:25:41PM -0500, Corbin wrote |
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> On 04/27/2016 09:12 AM, waltdnes@××××××××.org wrote: |
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> > I'm testing uclibc in a 32-bit QEMU Gentoo VM. I want to eventually |
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> > install on my ancient 32-bit-only netbook. I'm running into problems. |
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> > See https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7912494.html |
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> > |
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> > To summarize... |
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> > * static IP works for eth0, but dhcpcd fails, which is bad news for a |
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> > laptop or netbook |
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> > * when building x-rg-server, the builds for xf86-input-keyboard and |
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> > xf86-video-intel fail to compile |
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> > * www-client/w3m fails to build, so I can't even get decent textmode |
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> > web browsing |
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> You already found my test load :) |
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> Glad it helped someone. |
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> Did you have/add "evdev" in "make.conf" for INPUT_DEVICES? |
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> "evdev" is built-into-the-kernel or a kernel module. The newer input |
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> function, augmenting/replacing the AT keyboard and /dev/psaux. |
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> ( Seems "evdev" is almost replacing the functions of "xf86-input" |
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> libraries for Xorg.) |
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No. Do I have to set something in the kernel? Will the keyboard work |
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with evdev and without xf86-input-keyboard? My netbook uses framebuffer |
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video driver, so I might try using that in the uclibc VM. |
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> What CPU flags did you set/unset for the build? |
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> My reason for asking ... a lot of software has an unmarked dependency on |
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> "sse/sse2". If the info on the Atom CPU I found was correct ... it |
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> doesn't have sse/sse2 instruction sets. |
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My Atom netbook has them, according to /proc/cpuinfo |
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flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge |
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mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx |
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constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl |
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vmx est tm2 ssse3 xtpr pdcm movbe lahf_lm dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi |
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flexpriority |
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Note also the "movbe" flag. *I CANNOT TEST RUN MY NETBOOK-OPTIMIZED |
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CODE I BUILD IN THE QEMU VM*. QEMU claims to emulate "Atom" CPUs. |
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There are over 100 different atoms in the periodic table known to |
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physicists, and Intel is just as bad, with all their "Atom" variants. |
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QEMU's "Atom" emulation does not support the "movbe" flag. So I simply |
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run with the host CPU in a 32-bit VM, and set "-march=native". When |
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building for the netbook, I build with "-march=bonnell". Important |
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distinction... |
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different "-march" values != crossdev |
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As long as the "CHOST" variable is identical, you can build for |
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different "-march" variants, even those that won't run in the build |
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environment. |
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> Useful Info : https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Safe_CFLAGS |
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See also http://gentoo-en.vfose.ru/wiki/Safe_Cflags#-march.3Dnative |
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gcc -march=native -E -v - </dev/null 2>&1 | grep cc1 |
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Ignore all the fancy flags. Both of those pages come up with output |
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that shows "-march=bonnell" on my Atom |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnell_%28microarchitecture%29 |
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I have a standard glibc 32-bit VM which I use for Gentoo distcc for |
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the Atom, as well as manually building Pale Moon web browser. I use the |
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following settings for both... |
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CFLAGS="-O2 -march=bonnell -mfpmath=sse -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer \ |
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-fno-unwind-tables -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables" |
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CCFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" |
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"-march=bonnell" implies all the other flags, so no need to enter them |
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into the CFLAGS variable. |
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Thanks for that initial post. I had almost given up on even a minimal |
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install, before I found it. |
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-- |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |