Hi Timo, > [...] Btw, would it be possible for you to run the upstream testsuite > on that architecture? [...]
Sure. I ran the upstream test-suite on ppc64el and powerpc ports for comparison, both running on KVM guests, linux kernel 3.14 (Debian). git remote: git://sourceware.org/git/systemtap.git git commit: 035685897c43de5cdbc15b3fc38d75c6a8955bc3 # ./configure [args from Debian srcpkg + --disable-refdocs] # make -jN # make install # make check # make installcheck (following [1]) On powerpc: # make check [...] === systemtap Summary === # of expected passes 1692 # of unexpected failures 244 # of unexpected successes 1 # of expected failures 287 # of known failures 59 # of untested testcases 782 # of unsupported tests 9 # make installcheck [...] FAIL: all pid tests - unexpected EOF (kernel crash) On ppc64el: # make check [...] === systemtap Summary === # of expected passes 1078 # of unexpected failures 835 # of unexpected successes 1 # of expected failures 287 # of known failures 58 # of untested testcases 687 # of unsupported tests 9 # make installcheck [...] === systemtap Summary === # of expected passes 1400 # of unexpected failures 1247 # of unexpected successes 1 # of expected failures 287 # of unknown successes 1 # of known failures 60 # of untested testcases 440 # of unsupported tests 11 I currently lack some more systemtap background to be sure.. but overall 835 uf/1078 ep vs. 244 uf/1692 ep doesn't look very good. Does that match your opinion? If that holds, I can try to look into the failures for clues (haven't done that yet). Thanks! [1] https://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/TestSuites -- Mauricio Faria de Oliveira IBM Linux Technology Center -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org