Re: [PATCH] Attempt to fix OpenBLAS on MIPS.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Hi Mark,

Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> writes:

> Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Andreas Enge <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 05:59:06PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
>>>> The test target appears to only do something if TARGET is not set:
>>>> Since we do pass TARGET=SICORTEX the tests are skipped.  I don’t know if
>>>> there’s a good reason for this.
>>>
>>> It looks a bit like a flawed logic to skip tests in cross building
>>> environments. Maybe it is worth asking upstream.
>>
>> I removed this logic (see attached patch), and the tests passed except
>> for one:
>
> Sorry, I didn't look closely enough.  Actually, on MIPS the build later
> aborted due to 1 hour of silence in the middle of the test suite:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=2 ./sblat2 < ./sblat2.dat
> OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=1 OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 ./dblat3 < ./dblat3.dat
> OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=1 OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 ./cblat3 < ./cblat3.dat
> OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=1 OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 ./zblat3 < ./zblat3.dat
> rm -f ?BLAT3.SUMM
> OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=2 ./sblat3 < ./sblat3.dat
> building of `/gnu/store/974lvn8v6sxvqhlm57n8x6fiqv6xn6dh-openblas-0.2.14.drv' 
> timed out after 3600 seconds of silence
> @ build-failed 
> /gnu/store/974lvn8v6sxvqhlm57n8x6fiqv6xn6dh-openblas-0.2.14.drv - timeout
> note: keeping build directory `/tmp/nix-build-openblas-0.2.14.drv-0'
> killing process 16081
> guix build: error: build failed: build of 
> `/gnu/store/974lvn8v6sxvqhlm57n8x6fiqv6xn6dh-openblas-0.2.14.drv' failed
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Have you been able to try this again with a larger silent timeout value?
I would like to know if the patch (+ explicitly enabling tests on MIPS)
is sufficient to fix OpenBLAS on MIPS, or if I should discuss more with
upstream.

~~ Ricardo