IA-64 now buildable from tree

avenj · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 11:02 pm Post subject: IA-64 now buildable from tree

IA-64 is now bootstrappable and buildable from a stage1 if you use very minimalist USE flags.

stage1 from splite available from:
http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/experimental/ia64/

It's definitely pre-pre-prerelease, but for anyone who wants to play with it, there you go. Report bugs to avenj@gentoo.org.

guitou · Guru Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 534 Location: France

First, the context : I am trying to install gentoo from a debian using the ia64-stage1.
Second, what was completed :
stage1: rsync complained about a missing library (libpopt.o) and then could not run. But I found a workaround, downloading the last portage snapshot with wget and uncompressing it to /usr/portage. Coooool

stage 2: coreutils compilation failed because of missing help2man (1 miss in coreutils deps ?). I emerged help2man, so that it could compile, and relaunched emerge system. Gooood

stage3:

I am now confronted to a much bigger problem and cannot download the kernel. Here is the error I obtained :

# emerge -p sys-kernel/ia64-sources

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies \
!!! all ebuilds that could satisfy "virtual/modutils" have been masked.
!!! (dependency required by "sys-kernel/ia64-sources-2.4.22" [ebuild])

!!! Error calculating dependencies. Please correct.
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So, what to do ? I tried to add ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~ia64" in make.conf, but that does not change anything. Do I have to add KEYWORDS="ia64" (or ~ia64) in modutils.ebuild ? Yes, that seems so, but I don't if it is really a good idea... and there is now a new iceberg named cset... I will have to try a few tricks.

avenj · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 6:06 pm Post subject:

I'm investigating the kernel issue and will put up another post about it soon.

I uploaded a stage1 with a fixed libpopt, by the way. It's datestamped 20031002. After emerge system you should be able to emerge sync - so if none of the module-init-tools ebuilds you have there have ia64 keywords (is the snapshot old?) you should be able to emerge sync again.

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29944 <- help2man bug; if Az doesn't fix it soon I will.

avenj · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 6:22 pm Post subject:

emerge sync in an hour and try ia64-sources again.

guitou · Guru Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 534 Location: France

I tried to find the version of cset on the web: cset-1.1063.2.37-to-1.1088.txt.gz
And google gave me 2 answers, but I found it on none of them...
I can find often an empty cset--to-.txt.gz but do not know what to do with. Is there an tool for cset files auto-generation ?
Please Heeeeelp ?!?

avenj · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 7:51 pm Post subject:

drobbins apparently had it fetching a nonexistant cset...

I've modified the ebuild to instead use the latest diff against 2.4.22. Sync again in a half hour (and check the ChangeLog to make sure you have the right copy - I didn't bump the revision since if it worked for other people there's no reason to upgrade) and try it.

avenj · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 3:47 pm Post subject:

Oh, and something else: there's no elilo ebuild currently, so you'll have to install elilo yourself to boot it.

(Like I said, pre-prerelease quality.)

guitou · Guru Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 534 Location: France

Well, thanks !
I re-did the install in a chroot from debian with the new stage1.
And that worked quite well. I've got a gentoo up and running, even if really minimalistic.

Now, I'd be glad if you could answer a few questions.
1-I first tried to compile the kernel with crypto support, but gcc complained about a missing file (must be include/asm/kmap_types.h), so I recompiled with crypto disabled. Then, I'd like to know if I may try copying the file from include/asm-i386 to include/asm-ia64, or if it is too 'hazardous' (?)...
2- A large number of ebuilds appear MASKED, due to lacking 'ia64' in the KEYWORDS list. Is it always safe to add it manually, or do I have to test for each package ? I do not have yet any cron or log daemon, and I also plan to emerge (and benefit of) X...

And, finally, once again thanks a lot for this ia64stage1 !!!

avenj · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:59 pm Post subject:

asm stuff is usually very processor-specific, so it probably wouldn't work.

Add keywords and compile - you'll probably want to stick it in an overlay directory - and if it works, feel free to file a bug assigned to ia64@gentoo.org asking for it to be unmasked on ia64 in the tree.

guitou · Guru Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 534 Location: France

guitou · Guru Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 534 Location: France

pilla · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 4:07 pm Post subject:

Kudos, people. How is going the project? We are receiving three IA-64 that I suppose will come with Windows, and I was wondering if I could build Gentoo on them.
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avenj · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 4:26 pm Post subject:

I think drobbins is currently the only one doing any work with it. I don't have physical access to an Itanium, so I'm limited in what I can do.

pilla · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 6:46 pm Post subject:

friedmud · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 7:43 am Post subject:

Ok,

I do actually have a dual itanium on the way - so I REALLY want to put Gentoo on it.

It will come with Redhat AS - but I want to use it as my main desktop machine (and Redhat AS only has KDE 2 on it!) - so I am looking to build Gentoo including X and KDE (or gnome I guess...) on it.

Anyone tried that yet?

I will recieve my machine in a week or so - I will keep you guys updated on what I can/can't do.

Later,
Derek

pilla · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:41 am Post subject:

Sliver · n00b Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 7

Hi all,

I'm installing gentoo on a hp rx2600 (2 itaniums there) but i'm getting errors while bootstrapping glibc , the error is something like " xmalloc: out of virtual memory" (i haven't the correct line)

I have downloaded this stage1-ia64-20031002.tar.bz2 and follow the instructions to install it but i have to install it from a debian box .

Am I missing something ?

If you need more information about the machine, please let me know.

Thanks