[Pkg-openmpi-maintainers] Bug#514795: Bug#514795: FTBFS on mips

[Peter 'p2' De Schrijver]

Hi Manuel,

> Hi Peter!
> 
> Am Dienstag, den 10.02.2009, 22:26 +0000 schrieb Peter De Schrijver:
> > Problem with atomic-asm.S doesn't seem to be solved yet. See attached
> > log file.
> 
> Thanks for your report! I'm aware of the issue and hope to find some
> time soon to debug it on a porter box.
> 
> I'm currently triaging the Open MPI bug but most of them are rather
> complex. A short-term solution would be to downgrade the bug (and merge
> it with #489173) and don't build Open MPI on MIPS until the remaining
> issues are fixed. Does this seem acceptable to you?
> 

Yes. I think we can live with that.

> Also, if you have any insights how high the demand for the MIPS support
> is, please let me know. It would help me to prioritize the remaining
> (build) issues.

I don't really know to be honest. I don't think there is a high demand on the
current debian/mips supported hardware.

Cheers,

Peter.