Debian ppc64 (970MP) build

[unsound]

Hi, I thought I'd post a build for Debian ppc64 (sid) (64k page size) that I did on my PowerMac G5 Dual 2.3 the other day. Maybe it can be useful to someone else:
https://github.com/unsound/Arctic-Fox/releases/tag/v43.0-build.debian-ppc64

I can't browse GitHub with it though, it goes all black and white and weird. Is this a known issue? Other less complicated sites work fine.

[unsound]

Updated to 43.1: https://github.com/unsound/Arctic-Fox/releases/tag/v43.1-build.debian-ppc64

[rmottola]

Github is a known cracker, it will not work on Intel either, it needs a very very recent browser.
With current upcoming v45 most pages are at least readable, so it gets closer to what e.g. SeaMonkey does, but still not fully usable.

Unfortunately, it appears it will not work on Linux/PPC - do you care some test builds of the git version @unsound ?
It works on NetBSD though!

See #210

[rmottola]

If you keep up building, I fear you will encounter issues with 45.2. 45.1 should build and work, provided you use a system ICU. Share your experience.

[unsound]

I'll see if I can find time this week to attempt a build.

[unsound]

Ok, the results so far: 45.1 is able to build but still fails in the same way as 45.0 with the system ICU (72.1-5+b1). 45.2 doesn't build and fails at:

141:57.38 /ZStore/devel/Arctic-Fox/js/src/asmjs/WasmBaselineCompile.cpp:1032:36: error: ‘scratch’ was not declared in this scope
141:57.38  1032 |                 loadI64(Register64(scratch), v);
141:57.39       |                                    ^~~~~~~

[rmottola]

I don't fully get - System ICU should work (provided it is not too new), bundled ICU is little-endian only.
I imported extra 1286207 and 1286767!
You might try current dev .... error chanced a little bit, but still doesn't work. Not it is consistent between PPC 32bit and 64bit though (if you can confirm).

#233

[unsound]

I'm sorry, I messed up when reviewing the .mozconfig... I somehow thought that the system ICU was enabled but missed the # preceding it. :) So I rebuilt it after looking more carefully and I'm happy to report that the 45.1 build does work now! I uploaded the results here:
https://github.com/unsound/Arctic-Fox/releases/tag/v45.1-build.debian-ppc64

[rmottola]

Very good. I suppose 45.2 doesn't build for you. However I was able to fix jit-none builds. I was able to build PPC32 yesterday, but the browser starts shows a window and crashes. If you want to test dev branch, see how it fares for you.

[unsound]

Will do, I will build 45.1 for 32-bit powerpc first and then attempt the latest dev state.

Edit: 45.1 for powerpc also worked fine, no immediate issues. Uploaded:
https://github.com/unsound/Arctic-Fox/releases/tag/v45.1-build.debian-powerpc