Re: How to commit a new architecture like RISC-V
On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 2:57 AM zhangjialing wrote:
> 1. is it necessary to adapt rebootstrap ?
Yes, it is fairly essential to have an automatic bootstrap, so you can
continually fix problems that arise with the bootstrap process as
Debian evolves.
> 2. after adapt rebootstrap,what is the next. I want to know the full
> process for a new architecture do a debian port.
The steps are essentially documented in the port template wiki page,
but I have rewritten the page into some clearer text here:
Assemble a team of people working on the architecture and find a
sponsor for the team so they can work full time.
Decide on the GNU triplet, Debian multiarch tuple, Debian architecture
name and Debian end-user architecture name. Get these details included
in the projects for them: GNU config, the multi-arch wiki, dpkg and
the Debian website.
https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/config
https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/Tuples
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/FAQ#new-arch
https://salsa.debian.org/webmaster-team/webwml/-/blob/master/english/releases/arches.data
Register the port on the Debian wiki, replace example64 throughout the
page with the chosen architecture name and fill out as many details as
you have.
https://wiki.debian.org/Ports
Summarise the details of the architecture and ABI on the arch summary wiki page:
https://wiki.debian.org/ArchitectureSpecificsMemo#Summary
Get the patches supporting the port included into the binutils, gcc,
gdb, qemu, glibc, linux upstream projects.
Get the architecture supported in rebootstrap:
https://wiki.debian.org/HelmutGrohne/rebootstrap
Finalise the ABI and CPU baseline requirements.
Keep working on the bootstrap process using rebootstrap and manual
bootstrapping until you get all of build-essential built and
installable with debootstrap.
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBootstrap
Setup communication channels for the architecture, such as a mailing
list and IRC channel.
https://wiki.debian.org/PortTemplate
> 3. in our local environment, we already have a Debian port based on
> loongarch64. Will this help the port work.
This will help because
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