Re: [PATCH] gnu: openblas: Fix configure flags on armhf and take target

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> writes:

> More importantly, it seems a shame for non-Intel users to have to
> compile OpenBLAS and ~48 other packages from source code, especially
> since it's not practical to compile large packages on many smaller armhf
> systems.
>
> Debian provides pre-compiled openblas binaries for armhf, so there must
> be a way to disable tuning for the build host, and the answer must be in
> the Debian packaging.  Any takers?

I agree.  We should provide binaries for OpenBLAS for non-Intel users.
Here’s the rules file used by the Debian packages:

    https://sources.debian.net/src/openblas/0.2.14-1/debian/rules/

DYNAMIC_ARCH is enabled for x86 archs; for other architectures they pass
the TARGET variable.  I have a patch for setting the TARGET for mips,
which I’m planning to test on a build slave by the end of this week.

~~ Ricardo