From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10832 invoked by alias); 28 Feb 2014 05:40:20 -0000 Mailing-List: contact libffi-discuss-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libffi-discuss-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 10823 invoked by uid 89); 28 Feb 2014 05:40:19 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-ie0-f180.google.com Received: from mail-ie0-f180.google.com (HELO mail-ie0-f180.google.com) (209.85.223.180) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 28 Feb 2014 05:40:18 +0000 Received: by mail-ie0-f180.google.com with SMTP id ar20so3043866iec.11 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:40:16 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=c3TUav0+Yd2fg5XC95e9Dg8KxDidE+E8a88VDgNJnwE=; b=gM1cKB0KG/twyK7likAi7IQn9E2F8fZJs+W3BKLxZ0ZPsPpkX2dCCERPAysR3mglgC IdKCYeZggcnEm72VpDcpkC4yowOEcfc+E+e3E01VHBBHgXLs3w3CShCLoBwXQDduLUZ9 lMulqWf1tR44GR8tNUoaTM0n+1ZkNS17ibwzwDrZxLaYpvGBZtwdp+JEVe1l8KuJAPY5 ZxzmzLbr0TUhUdnigFA6nfwGMXewX9xSL43RY+atQde2QrqaHBn+fMdVq+QQCqb35CKp USDJyIZay5utXJgrRYP0G68WECq4T7WfkG9e2N/2GroYxKuN22eL7r/nWedbgLir9sQi t9iA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmLrF2i842EMDpTdVK2qOsnZSHYqtcGQwjTZ/kOjwjUe4dh3eY6GrljXpWg3H0/Nb276J41 X-Received: by 10.42.246.131 with SMTP id ly3mr9130543icb.8.1393566016547; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:40:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dsl-173-206-21-164.tor.primus.ca. [173.206.21.164]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id pn6sm3813647igb.4.2014.02.27.21.40.15 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:40:15 -0800 (PST) From: Anthony Green To: isha vishnoi Cc: libffi-discuss@sourceware.org, Deepak C Shetty Subject: Re: Request to spin new release of libffi to support ppc64le arch References: <52BC0C65.3050302@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 05:40:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <52BC0C65.3050302@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (isha vishnoi's message of "Thu, 26 Dec 2013 16:30:53 +0530") Message-ID: <87k3cfiymt.fsf@moxielogic.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014/txt/msg00011.txt.bz2 Hi Isha, I tried this. Please refer to the git repo at http://github.com/atgreen/libffi. Thanks, AG isha vishnoi writes: > Hi, > > I am working on a new architecture - ppc64le (powerpc 64-bit Little > Endian) and building latest Libffi package downloaded from > ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi/libffi-3.0.13.tar.gz on our ppc64le > environment. > > I found that it doesn't build on ppc64le ( IBM PowerPC New > Architecture for Little Endian ) because it was generated using an > outdated version of Libtool. > > We have worked with Libtool maintainer to get alpha release that > supports ppc64le platform. > For the same, stable release is expected by end of the year. > > Can you please spin off a new version of your package using the alpha > Libtool release. > > Libtool alpha release is available in below mention sites : > > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.2.418.tar.gz (1.6MB) > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.2.418.tar.xz (920KB) > > Please let me know if you need any help. > > Thanks and Regards, > Isha Vishnoi