Account on ARM/Debian

[1100110]

On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:39:21 -0500, Brad Roberts  
<braddr at slice-2.puremagic.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Oct 2012, 1100110 wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:31:58 -0500, Walter Bright  
>> <newshound2 at digitalmars.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On 10/15/2012 10:05 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> > > I've been talking to Iain Buclaw, gdc's leader, and was surprised  
>> to learn
>> > > he
>> > > has a quite workable ARM port available. To make it  
>> production-ready, we
>> > > should
>> > > have some continuous test integration, which entails ssh access to  
>> an
>> > > ARM/Debian
>> > > account.
>> > >
>> > > Is there anyone on this list who'd want to donate such an account?
>> >
>> > It would be pretty cool to run this on a Raspberry Pi! Anyone up to  
>> the
>> > challenge to build such a system?
>> >
>> I've been looking for an excuse to buy a RPi.
>>
>> I have a static IP and domain to donate as well.
>>
>>
>> If no one else already has one and is willing, I'll do it.
>> I'm already familiar with compiling GDC.
>
> I wouldn't go out and buy one just for this.  The raspberry's are pretty
> underpowered anyway.
>
> I've got a guru plug as well as a qemu environment setup (very easy to
> do), which are both available.  But honestly, cross-compiling from a fast
> x86 box is _tons_ faster than building on-device.  I don't know how well
> gcc is setup for cross-testing though.  That's always... tricky.
>
> Later,
> Brad
>

Of course, but ssh access allows copying the files over and requires  
either complicated network setup, or static IP.
Which is why I mentioned it.  Either I or someone else could have a  
cross-compiler which simply copies the results to the RPi to be tested.
;)


It would seem to me to be a Good Idea(tm) to have actual hardware to test  
it.
Plus It's just a fun project.  I could host a simple website with it using  
vibe(I should really rebuild GDC to check that vibe bug report...) in  
order to have an actual "production" test project.

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