Hello,

On Wed, 26 Jul 2017 08:43:36 +0200, Wilfred Van Velzen -> Nicholas Boel wrote:

 WvV> It's already compiling with a current gnu compiler, without errors and
 WvV> warnings. So I don't expect many of those.

I haven't had to worry about too many issues. Only a couple minor things. Off
the top of my head, Teamspeak doesn't offer an ARM version of their server (for
 gaming, which is hardly used any more anyways, so it doesn't really matter in
the long run), then Jon Justvig's "Legion" door game as well as Usurper
wouldn't compile due to a ton of Intel code. I got Usurper to compile by
removing the Intel specific code, but that made the game very unstable and
unusable. Synchronet had some compiling errors, and when reported were fixed
right away.

Otherwise, I haven't had any issue with setting up binkd/golded/husky type
stuff. So I don't see any major problems as long as it doesn't have a ton of
Intel related stuff.

 WvV> I try not to write code that's specific for any target. But it still
 WvV> contains a lot of decades old legacy code I never touched. So you never
 WvV> know what hidden problems are lurking... 

True. And the only way to find out is to jump in! 

 NB>> Let's just say I would much rather use Makefiles, but if that is not
 NB>> possible at the moment.. I can suffer a bit. 

 WvV> It shouldn't be too difficult to create the make files, but I don't know
 WvV> when they will be finished, so if you want to start compiling today,
 WvV> that's your only option. 

I'm sitting on a barebones 64bit ArchlinuxARM install that I'm not 100% sure
exactly what I want to do with it yet. I do know I want to switch my Synchronet
 BBS over to Mystic at some point, but there's no 64bit version available yet.
I could use the 32bit version available for the raspi3, but that would totally
defeat the purpose of the 64bit build. 

Still tossing around ideas at the moment. GUIs on the raspi3 makes my single
core AMD 3700+ seem fast, which is why I'm trying to avoid it at all costs. As
a console server, it definitely keeps up with all the tasks I've pushed at it.
It's just that damn resource intensive GUI that drags it down.

I've gone so far as trying out LXDE, XFCE, Linux Mint, Ubuntu (Cinnamon), and
even Fluxbox on this thing when I was using it as a media server.. and I don't
have one good comment about the performance once that GUI is added. ;(

So, I guess for now, keep me near the top of the list. If makefiles happen
before I find a solution, great.. if not.. I may see about running QEMU on my
Windows desktop with an emulated version of the OS I'm using on the raspi3 to
do these tasks, as I would assume it would be a lot faster on a 6-core Intel
with 16gb ram, even if it is emulated.

Regards,
Nick

.... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."

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