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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