ARMv8 Support Analysis

ARMv8 Support Analysis

Project Description

Many Fedora packages contain assembley code for performance optimization or platform-specific support. Assembley code is very processor-specific. When assembley code is not present for a specific architecture, either the package will not build on that architecture, or other code (typically C) which is not processor-specific is used instead.

This project involves analyzing Fedora packages to determine which ones contain assembly code, and determining whether the package will probably build on the upcoming ARMv8 64-bit architecture.

Expected outcome: An analysis of part of the Fedora package set to predict ARMv8 build outcomes.

Maximum number of students: 6 (each taking part of the Fedora package set)

Skills required: packaging, scripting, writing

Resources: Chris Tyler (ctyler), Jon Masters (jonmasters)

Sources: ARMv8_Support_Analysis

Project Leader(s)

Andrew Oatley-Willis
Wiki Page: Andrew OW
Learn: acoatley-willis
IRC: oatley

M A
Wiki Page: Max
Learn: mhabed
IRC: maxam

Alexander Davis
Wiki Page: Alexander Davis
IRC: Zulafoxx

Project Plan

Tracking mechanism (bugzilla, trac, github, ...):

Key contacts:

Goals for each release and plans for reaching those goals:

• 0.1
  • Build initial script to identify assembly code inside fedora packages
• 0.2
  • Generate script that will distinguish between Arch and Platform specific assembly code
• 0.3
  • Predict the list of Fedora packages that may or may not build on ARMv8

Communication

Mailing Lists

arm

devel

Blogs

Andrew's Blog

Maxam's Blog

Seneca Particpants

Andrew OW

Max