ToDo2-7 | CRUX PPC

To-do items for CRUX PPC 2.7

~~toolchain (unstable: there is an error in static linking, e.g. core/pkgutils)~~: fixed with binutils-2.21, gcc-4.5.2, glibc-2.12.2
- ~~new gcc-4.5.1 dependency are: libgmp, libmpfr, libmpc, cloog-ppl, ppl~~
  - ~~libmpfr-3.0.0-p7 (ABI bump)~~
  - ~~ppl-0.11 (ABI bump)~~
  - ~~cloog-ppl-0.15.10~~
- ~~Decimal Floating Point~~ - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/WikiPtype/Decimal+Floating+Point - support included in gcc-4.6.x and glibc-2.13
- ~~glibc-2.12.1~~
  - http://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Development_Todo/Power_Arch
  - http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=summary
  - ~~http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/257~~
    - ~~http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2010-10/msg00010.html~~ - warning: it also hits glibc-2.11.2 from CRUX PPC 2.6
- ~~binutils-2.20.1~~ - http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-11/msg00055.html
~~remove dbus, dbus-glib from ISO~~
~~enable netboot/root-nfs for all kernels~~
~~fix for ppc64: CONFIG_ROOT_NFS=y~~
~~add for ppc64/pseries: VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING=y~~
~~add for ppc64/pseries: CONFIG_BNX2=m~~
~~add BTRFS support - https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Getting_started~~
- but on ppc64 it compiles only with -Wno-error
~~e2fsprogs-1.41.13 doesn't compile on bigendian~~
- e2fsprogs: bug report - done - fixed
~~add ofpathname bash script (from IBM's powerpc-utils) to iso/bin~~
~~add new-ofpath bash script (by JoseJX from Gentoo PPC) to iso/bin~~
~~try to produce ISO-9660:1999 compliant CD/DVD images: "genisoimage --iso-level 4" instead of "genisoimage -U"~~
- maybe it does fix boot problems on old IBM RS6k CHRP32 and SLOF based machines - it doesn't
yaboot
- ~~rework yaboot port and bump to 1.3.16~~
- to build on ppc64 host we should need an e2fsrpogs multilib port
- new patches (20100716) - http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=tonyb-yaboot.git (actually 1.3.17-rc1)
- ~~yaboot (1.3.16) does not compile against e2fsprogs > 1.41.12~~
  - yaboot: bug report - done
rebuild of all dependent ports required:
- ~~openssl-1.0.0a (ABI bump)~~
- ~~xz-5.0.0 (ABI bump)~~
- ~~libjpeg v8 (ABI bump)~~
- ~~libpng 1.4.x(ABI bump)~~
~~xulrunner: new dependency libnotify~~ - removed
~~firefox: remove dbus,dbus-glib dependecy (and clean every other ports rebuilding them)~~
~~gtk depends on gdk-pixbuf~~
~~coreutils: new deps libacl, libattr:attr, libcap~~
~~portmap removed, nfs-utils moved to opt: new deps: libevent, libtirpc, libnfsidmap, rpcbind~~
~~fix serial console (hvc0,hvsi0)~~
~~fix sourceforge url~~
~~skip IBM R6K 604e support from ISO~~ - (but it would be so nice to have an IBM 7046-B50)
~~mesa3d: new dependency libxml2-python, talloc~~
~~mac-fdisk: it is an old piece of sw thus it's unable to properly initialize new big hard disk drives~~

Handbook 2.7
Release Notes 2.7
Site: search engine optimization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization

Cross ToolChain: http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/dokuwiki/projects/crosstool

undecided tasks from todo-2.6: https://cruxppc.org/Main/ToDo2-6
udev kernel settings: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git;a=blob;hb=HEAD;f=README
CRUX x86 todo list: http://crux.nu/Wiki/TODO27

linux kernel: IDE -> PATA breaks front led triggering on drive act
linux kernel: MMUCR register is broken on Sam440ep and L1 cache reading is slow
~~linux-2.6.34 kernel problems~~:
- maple link_address needs to be investigated - http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/44045/
- poweroff/suspend problems on PowerMac G5 - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-April/081533.html - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-June/083063.html
- Badness at fs/proc/generic.c:317 - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-May/082265.html
- event-scan failed logflood - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-May/082399.html
- powerpc: rtas_flash cannot be a module - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-June/083081.html
linux-2.6.35/2.6.36 kernel problems:
- Pegasos i8042 broken again - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-October/086424.html
- PROBLEM: memory corrupting bug, bisected to 6dda9d55 - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-October/086447.html
- RTC rtc-cmos.c : Fix warning on PowerPC - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-October/086560.html
- powerpc/mv64x60: suspected typo in assignment - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-October/086748.html
- mpc52xx_gpt breaks on linux-2.6.26 - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-October/086821.html - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-December/087632.html
- pata_mpc52xx: driver needs BMDMA - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-December/087633.html
- Make auto-loading of therm_pm72 possible - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-December/087394.html
- macintosh: wrong test in fan_{read,write}_reg() - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2011-January/087711.html
- PATA_WINBOND lost interrupt linux-2.6.36.2 ppc64 - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2011-January/087718.html
- KVM kernel support is now available for every ppc32 too.
linux-2.6.37 kernel problems:
- pata_mpc52xx: inherit from ata_bmdma_port_ops - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2011-January/087823.html
- Fix some 6xx/7xxx CPU setup functions - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2011-January/088019.html
- Add support for PowerMac3,5 in snd-aoa ALSA sound module - http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2011-February/088489.html
appz issue/upgrade
- ~~opt/agg ppc64 build issue~~
- ~~opt/gnash ppc64 build issue~~
- ~~opt/llvm investigate/fix~~
  - ~~bump to llvm-2.8 - investigate/fix make check failures~~
    - llvm: bug report - done
- add pcmciautils port
- ~~bump to openoffice-3.3.x~~ - ppc32 issue http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=100251
  - ~~rebuild openoffice-bin~~
- ~~bump to icedtea6-1.9.x~~ - Zero+Shark rebuild (it needs LLVM) but it is unstable on ppc64
  - icedtea6 bug report - done
  - ~~rebuild icedtea6-bin~~
- hcfmodem: it doesn't build with newer kernels (autoconf.h location error) and it doesn't work on powerpc64 (PowerMac G5 Original still have Conexant modems)
  - hcfmodem: bug report to linuxant - done - not fixed
- ~~fix altivec support on mpg123,libmpeg2,libvorbis,libsdl,libxvid,x264 and ffmpeg~~
  - x264: bug report - done - fixed
  - lame: power architecture patch that segfault on the only G4 cpu
    - lame: bug report - done - not fixed
  - avidemux: bug report - done - not fixed
  - it must be checked mplayer (actually it has cpu runtime detection)
- ~~qemu bump to 0.13.x~~
  - qemu: bug report - done - fixed
  - KVM kernel support is now available for every ppc32
- firefox-4.x - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576764
- mono and moonlight must be reworked - moonlight needs mesa3d with gallium support enabled
- IBM utils:
  - ~~bump and clean b0rked sources for: librtas, lsvpd, ppc64-diag and powerpc-utils~~
  - bump and clean b0rked sources for: libservicelog and servicelog
  - ~~librtas: check sources and eventually revert to 1.3.5~~ - warning: 2.0.0 is older than 1.3.x
  - ppc64-diag needs to be reworked to use more rc.d scripts
  - ~~powerpc-utils ≥ 1.2.4 needs glibc with newer kernel headers (include/linux/perf_event.h)~~ - CRUX PPC 2.7
- mol - http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=1267872281-25512-1-git-send-email-agraf%40suse.de
  - KVM kernel support is now available for every ppc32
- ~~bump to boost-1.45.0~~
- check/add libva and and enable va-api support for ffmpeg,mplayer,gnash - gpus working on ppc aren't supported yet
- ~~add opt/nmon~~
- add opt/irqbalance
- ~~conky: revert~~ - adt746x - fixed
xorg-7.6
- mesa3d: fix configs/{linux-ppc,linux-dri-ppc}
- ~~mesa3d: it seems that glew is installed only when compiled on ppc~~ - fixed with mesa3d-7.9.1
- mesa3d: enable-gallium but disable-gallium-intel - mesa3d segfaults if gallium support is enabled
- mesa3d: add dri support for mga,tdfx,nouveau
- ~~radeon with EXA freezes when OOo is started (iBook G4 mid2005)~~ - fixed disabling EXAVSync
- xorg-xf86-video-nv-2.1.18 investigate/fix b0rked colors
- xorg-xf86-video-mga investigate/fix bigendian colors bitshift bug - test with kernel opt: Framebuffer foreign endianness support
  - check YDL 6.2 sources -
- xorg-xf86-video-fbdev investigate/fix bigendian colors bitshift bug - test with kernel opt: Framebuffer foreign endianness support
- xorg-xf86-video-nouveau must be added to ppc/xorg repository
- xorg-xf86-video-siliconmotion must be added to ISO packages

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To-do items for CRUX PPC 2.7