We are planning to make our powerpc64-ibm-aix to be a tier-2 target. However, one obstacle is Github Actions is lacking neither powerpc64 nor AIX support. Considering AIX's toolchain is not cross-compile awared, we can't generate linked XCOFF binaries and libraries on X86 either. For above reason, …

I'm not sure. I'm consulting internal team about it. Personally, I prefer solution 2 since it's more efficient. I notice tier-2 target has build speed requirement, solution 1 might not meet this requirement.

[RFC] Add CI builder for AIX

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tbfleming December 12, 2023, 2:19am 2

For 1, will IBM provide a license which allows publicly publishing an AIX image?

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[RFC] Add CI builder for AIX

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