Subject: [bug#31473] [PATCH] daemon: Allow building for armhf-linux on aarch64-linux.

From: [email-masked] (Ludovic Courtès)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 13:21:38 +0200

Hello Efraim,

Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]> skribis:

> * nix/libstore/build.cc (canBuildLocally): Allow building armhf-linux
> builds on aarch64-linux.
> (DerivationGoal::runChild) Throw error if attempting to build for
> armhf-linux on an unsupported platform.
> * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix build): Document how to build natively
> for armhf-linux on aarch64-linux.  Add note that on some aarch64
> machines this is unsupported.

Awesome!  If you’ve confirmed that it works for you, go for it.

> +@quotation Note
> +Building for an @code{armhf-linux} system is unconditionally enabled on
> +@code{aarch64-linux} machines, although certain aarch64 chipsets do not
> +allow for this functionality.
> +@end quotation

Perhaps we should list a couple of chipsets known to support this?
Would it make sense?

Thank you!

Ludo’.