Re: yosys autopkgtest time out on ppc64el, same test complete during build

Hi Petter Reinholdtsen,

On 2026-05-06 02:18, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> I am trying to get an updated edition of yosys into testing, but have
> run into a confusing problem a I hope someone can help to solve.
> 
> As can be seen on <URL: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/yosys >, the
> package build just fine on little endian machines, and even seem to
> build just fine on most big endian machines (despite what I suspect is 
> a
> segfaults in the abc subsystem).  The autopkgtest check on ppc64el on
> the other hand fail with a timeout after around 10000 seconds, which is
> rather strange, as the exact same set of tests completed successfully
> when the package was built.
> 
> Anyone got a clue how to avoid the timeout?
> 
> Note, sparc64 crashes due to alighment issues with memory access, see
> <URL: https://github.com/berkeley-abc/abc/pull/504 > for my incomplete
> draft for fixing these.  Could it be that misalliged memory accesses
> slow down ppc64el so much that the tests time out?
> 
> PS: I am not a subscriber, so please keep me on CC.


I will investigate this issue and share any findings soon.

Thanks,
Trupti