[pypy-dev] s390x the last failing tests

[David Edelsohn]

$ as -v
GNU assembler version 2.25.90 (s390x-linux-gnu) using BFD version (GNU
Binutils for Debian) 2.25.90.20160101

$ ld -v
GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.25.90.20160101

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 6:12 AM, Richard Plangger <planrichi at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
>
> I wanted to give a quick update on the state of the implementation. Good
> news! I think there is not that much left to be done!
>
> I'm currently waiting for a bigger VM (already wrote an email to
> linux1 at us.ibm.com, 2 days ago? They are maybe on holiday?) to translate
> the full project.
>
> There are approx. 20 Failing tests that are left (own-linux-s390x). All
> other pass on my virtual machine. They are mostly related to big endian
> issues. Here are some questions:
>
> 1) Generally I got the impression that there are some tests that do not
> consider endianess (e.g. micronumpy). I guess it is time to change them
> to handle this? What about PPC? Did those not come up there?
>
> 2) It seems that the gcc on the build bot is quite old? It can for
> instance not assemble the instruction LAY (load address), but the VM I
> got (gcc version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)) is able to. As soon
> as I can get my hands on a Debian machine that is configured similarly I
> can say more (end of Jan?).
>
> Cheers,
> Richard
>
>
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