Ports Status on RISC-V
Tracking build status of important/desired ports on RISC-V.
There is now an official package builder at http://beefy7.nyi.freebsd.org/ .
Packages are built for stable/13 (ports' quarterly branch) and main (ports' main branch).
The Most Notable Build Failures
| Port | Status | Required For | Blocks | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| audio/lame | Fails to build | 58 | ||
| databases/mysql57-client | Fails to build | 316 | /usr/include/c++/v1/__config:1141:6: error: "No thread API" |
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| java/bootstrap-openjdk8 | Needs porting | 554 | ||
| lang/go | Needs upstreaming | 510 | - Sources: https://github.com/MikaelUrankar/go/tree/freebsd_riscv64 ; does not require COMPAT_FREEBSD11 - Prebuilt bootstrap: https://github.com/dmgk/go-bootstrap/releases/tag/go1.18beta2-1679-g4bdf93a078 - lang/go-devel port: https://github.com/dmgk/ports-riscv64 ; set DEFAULT_VERSIONS+=go=1.19-devel in /etc/make.conf |
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| lang/gcc10 | Fails to build | 899 | See PR 251403 | |
| lang/php74 | Needs porting | *php* | 886 | |
| lang/rust-bootstrap | Needs porting | lang/rust | 347 | |
| multimedia/libx264 | Fails to build | 480 |
All Failing Builds
this list is now out-of-date:
Everything that is marked blacklisted is either known to fail to build, or not built due to restricted and/or license reasons.
Common Build Failure Types
As seen by MarkLinimon 202101201:
| Count | Failure | Suggested Fix | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | qemu: uncaught target signal | Often 11 (Segmentation fault), sometimes 6 (Abort trap) - core dumped | |
| 7 | C compiler cannot create executables | or related “checking whether the C compiler works… no” | |
| 7 | ld: error: can't create dynamic relocation R_RISCV_HI20 against symbol | ||
| 6 | checking thread safety of required library functions… Segmentation fault | possibly subcase of “C compiler cannot create executables” above | |
| 5 | error: use of undeclared identifier 'FP_X_INV' | ||
| 2 | relocation R_RISCV_ALIGN requires unimplemented linker relaxation; recompile with -mno-relax | ||
| 2 | ldd: <xyz>.so: not a FreeBSD ELF shared object | teach ldd to parse ELF notes | possibly fixed |
| XXX | YYY | unknown | COMMENTS |
Cross-Building Ports
There is some support for cross-compiling ports via poudriere(8) and qemu-user-static. This method works by emulating a RISC-V userspace with QEMU, so it is faster than building within an emulated system, but slower than building natively. The QEMU userspace emulation is imperfect.
Install and start qemu-user-static first:
pkg install -y qemu-user-static service qemu_user_static enable service qemu_user_static start
Please refer to the FreeBSD Handbook entry about poudriere if you are unfamiliar with the tool or need to set it up.
The following command will create a new poudriere jail set up to cross-compile ports for the riscv.riscv64 target:
$ poudriere jail -c -a riscv.riscv64 -x -j 14riscv64 -m ftp -v 14.0-CURRENT -x
The -x argument instructs poudriere(8) to build native cross-toolchain. Make sure to specify it when updating the jail as well, like so:
$ poudriere jail -j 14riscv64 -u -x