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02/02: doc: Expound the note about the offload setup requirements.


From: Maxim Cournoyer
Subject: 02/02: doc: Expound the note about the offload setup requirements.
Date: Sat, 1 May 2021 23:37:01 -0400 (EDT)

apteryx pushed a commit to branch master
in repository maintenance.

commit 829b73ab1952b63c99bc3dd018ec94aa7b766d85
Author: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat May 1 23:31:14 2021 -0400

    doc: Expound the note about the offload setup requirements.
    
    * doc/release.org (Run “make release” for one or several release
    candidates): Update the list of the required offload machine
    architectures.  Mention that QEMU user (transparent) emulation is
    likely not good enough.
---
 doc/release.org | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/release.org b/doc/release.org
index 4c2335f..80b5eb8 100644
--- a/doc/release.org
+++ b/doc/release.org
@@ -120,8 +120,10 @@ update the ~guix~ package.
 
 Steps #2 and #3 require you to have 
[[info:guix#Daemon%20Offload%20Setup][offloading]] set up so you can build
 for all the supported architectures.  For instance, if you’re running
-this on an x86_64 machine, you should have an “armhf-linux” machine in
-=/etc/guix/machines.scm=.
+this on an x86_64 machine, you should have ~armhf-linux~,
+~aarch64-linux~ and ~powerpc64le-linux~ machines in your
+=/etc/guix/machines.scm=.  Transparent emulation via QEMU has shown
+limits (such as causing test suite failures); real hardware is a must.
 
 ** Push the branch
 



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