[PATCH v1 0/8] Add loongarch64 architecture support to IPFire

[PATCH v1 0/8] Add loongarch64 architecture support to IPFire

[Vincent Li]

This patch series adds initial support for the LoongArch64 architecture
to the IPFire build system and installer. LoongArch64 is the 64-bit
RISC architecture developed by Loongson Technology, using UEFI as its
standard firmware interface.

The series includes:

1. **Build system detection** (make.sh): Add architecture detection
   for loongarch64 in the main build script.

2. **Toolchain fixes** (gcc): Fix dynamic linker path for native
   bootstrap to ensure glibc builds correctly.

3. **Package build system** (lfs/Config): Update config.guess/sub
   scripts to recognize loongarch64 as a valid architecture.

4. **EFI and GRUB support** (lfs/Config): Define architecture
   variables for building EFI firmware and GRUB for loongarch64.

5. **Go language support** (lfs/Config): Set GOARCH=loong64 for
   building Go packages.

6. **Installer EFI detection** (installer): Enable EFI boot mode
   detection for loongarch64 systems.

7. **Installer bootloader** (installer): Add GRUB installation
   support for loongarch64-efi.

8. **Kernel build** (kernel): Add architecture definitions and
   special handling for building the Linux kernel on loongarch64.

These changes are the foundation for a complete loongarch64 port
of IPFire and have been tested on a LoongArch64 development system.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com>
---
  make.sh: Add support for building on loongarch64
  gcc: Add dynamic linker path for loongarch64 native toolchain build
  lfs/Config: Update config.guess and config.sub for loongarch64 support
  lfs/Config: Add EFI and GRUB architecture definitions for loongarch64
  lfs/Config: Set GOARCH for loongarch64 builds
  installer: Enable EFI support for loongarch64
  installer: Add bootloader installation support for loongarch64
  kernel: Add build support for loongarch64

 .../kernel/kernel.config.loongarch64-ipfire   |  7814 +++++
 config/rootfiles/common/loongarch64/linux     | 23754 ++++++++++++++++
 lfs/Config                                    |    14 +-
 lfs/gcc                                       |     4 +
 lfs/linux                                     |    10 +
 make.sh                                       |     7 +-
 src/installer/hw.c                            |     3 +-
 src/installer/install-bootloader              |     3 +
 8 files changed, 31605 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 config/kernel/kernel.config.loongarch64-ipfire
 create mode 100644 config/rootfiles/common/loongarch64/linux

-- 
2.38.1

[PATCH v1 1/8] make.sh: Add support for building on loongarch64

[Vincent Li]

Signed-off-by: Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com>
---
 make.sh | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh
index 37f01c1a2..fd8b777a3 100755
--- a/make.sh
+++ b/make.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ KVER="${KVER/-rc/.0-rc}${KVER_SUFFIX}"
 # All supported architectures
 ARCHES=(
 	aarch64
+	loongarch64
 	riscv64
 	x86_64
 )
@@ -2415,7 +2416,7 @@ done
 
 # Check the architecture
 case "${BUILD_ARCH}" in
-	aarch64|x86_64|riscv64)
+	aarch64|x86_64|riscv64|loongarch64)
 		;;
 
 	*)
@@ -2429,6 +2430,10 @@ case "${BUILD_ARCH}" in
 		BUILD_PLATFORM="arm"
 		;;
 
+	loongarch64)
+		BUILD_PLATFORM="loongarch"
+		;;
+
 	riscv64)
 		BUILD_PLATFORM="riscv"
 		;;
-- 
2.38.1

[PATCH v1 2/8] gcc: Add dynamic linker path for loongarch64 native toolchain build

[Vincent Li]

When building GCC natively on loongarch64 as part of the toolchain
bootstrap, the generated spec file incorrectly uses the default system
library path "/lib" for the dynamic linker. This causes the glibc build
to fail during validation because the compiled test program requests
the system runtime linker at /lib/ld-linux-loongarch-lp64d.so.1 instead
of the toolchain-specific path /tools_loongarch64/lib/.

The ABI_GRLEN_SPEC macro in gcc/config/loongarch/gnu-user.h defines
the dynamic linker path pattern. During the initial toolchain bootstrap
stage (PASS=1 with TOOLCHAIN=1), this needs to reference $(TOOLS_DIR)/lib
where the bootstrap runtime linker is installed, rather than the system
/lib path which may not yet have a compatible runtime linker.

Add a conditional sed substitution for loongarch64 builds that replaces
'"/lib" ABI_GRLEN_SPEC' with '"$(TOOLS_DIR)/lib" ABI_GRLEN_SPEC' in
gnu-user.h. This ensures GCC generates the correct dynamic linker path
for the bootstrap environment.

Without this change, the glibc build validation fails with:
  readelf -l dummy | grep "Requesting program interpreter: /tools_loongarch64"
  make: *** [glibc:131: /usr/src/ipfire-2.x/log_loongarch64/glibc-2.43-tools] Error 1

Assisted-by: DeepSeek-V4-Flash
Signed-off-by: Vincent Li <Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com>
---
 lfs/gcc | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lfs/gcc b/lfs/gcc
index c3a8da602..6645b2e03 100644
--- a/lfs/gcc
+++ b/lfs/gcc
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ ifeq "$(TOOLCHAIN)" "1"
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && tar xfa $(DIR_DL)/mpc-$(MPC_VER).tar.gz
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && mv -v mpc-$(MPC_VER) mpc
 
+ifeq "$(BUILD_ARCH)" "loongarch64"
+	sed -i '/ABI_GRLEN_SPEC/s@"/lib" ABI_GRLEN_SPEC@"$(TOOLS_DIR)/lib" ABI_GRLEN_SPEC@g' $(DIR_APP)/gcc/config/loongarch/gnu-user.h
+endif
+
 	for file in $$(find $(DIR_APP)/gcc/config -name linux64.h -o -name linux.h \
 			-o -name sysv4.h -o -name linux-eabi.h -o -name linux-elf.h -o -name aarch64-linux.h); do \
 		echo "Processing $${file}..."; \
-- 
2.38.1

[PATCH v1 3/8] lfs/Config: Update config.guess and config.sub for loongarch64 support

[Vincent Li]

Some software packages contain outdated config.guess and config.sub
scripts that do not recognize loongarch64 as a valid architecture.
This causes build failures when configuring packages that use these
scripts to detect the target platform.

Extend the UPDATE_AUTOMAKE macro to also apply to loongarch64 builds,
ensuring that config.guess and config.sub are updated from the system
automake installation for all packages.

This brings loongarch64 in line with the existing behavior for aarch64
and riscv64 architectures, where these scripts are already updated to
support those newer architectures.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com>
---
 lfs/Config | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lfs/Config b/lfs/Config
index 5abcd0715..2334d5f0a 100644
--- a/lfs/Config
+++ b/lfs/Config
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ define INSTALL_INITSCRIPTS
     done
 endef
 
-ifeq "$(BUILD_ARCH)" "$(filter $(BUILD_ARCH),aarch64 riscv64)"
+ifeq "$(BUILD_ARCH)" "$(filter $(BUILD_ARCH),aarch64 riscv64 loongarch64)"
 define UPDATE_AUTOMAKE
 	for i in $$(find $(DIR_APP) -name config.guess -o -name config.sub); do \
 		cp -vf /usr/share/automake*/$$(basename $${i}) $${i} || \
-- 
2.38.1

[PATCH v1 4/8] lfs/Config: Add EFI and GRUB architecture definitions for loongarch64

[Vincent Li]

Add support for building EFI bootable images on loongarch64 by defining
the appropriate architecture variables. This enables the build system
to correctly locate and build the EFI firmware, GRUB bootloader, and
associated boot components for the LoongArch64 architecture.

- Set EFI=1 to enable EFI support
- Set EFI_ARCH=LOONGARCH64 for EFI firmware selection
- Set GRUB_ARCH=loongarch64 to build the correct GRUB target

Signed-off-by: Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com>
---
 lfs/Config | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lfs/Config b/lfs/Config
index 2334d5f0a..06ba065ea 100644
--- a/lfs/Config
+++ b/lfs/Config
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ DIR_TMP_PAK = $(DIR_TMP)/package-$(PROG)
 # Add the compiler location and version and specs to the ccache hash
 CCACHE_COMPILERCHECK += $(shell gcc -dumpspecs 2>/dev/null | md5sum | cut -d ' ' -f1)
 
-# We support EFI on x86_64 riscv64 and aarch64
+# We support EFI on x86_64 riscv64 aarch64 and loongarch64
 ifeq "$(BUILD_ARCH)" "x86_64"
 	EFI = 1
 	EFI_ARCH = x64
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ ifeq "$(BUILD_ARCH)" "aarch64"
 	GRUB_ARCH = arm64
 endif
 
+ifeq "$(BUILD_ARCH)" "loongarch64"
+	EFI = 1
+	EFI_ARCH = LOONGARCH64
+	GRUB_ARCH = $(BUILD_ARCH)
+endif
+
 CMAKE = cmake
 
 # In the toolchain, we might be cross-compiling and need cmake to know
-- 
2.38.1

[PATCH v1 5/8] lfs/Config: Set GOARCH for loongarch64 builds

[Vincent Li]

Define GOARCH=loong64 for loongarch64 architecture builds to enable
proper Go language compilation support. The Go programming language
uses "loong64" as the architecture identifier for LoongArch 64-bit
systems.

This allows any Go packages in the build system to compile correctly
for the loongarch64 target by providing the correct GOARCH value during
the build process.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com>
---
 lfs/Config | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lfs/Config b/lfs/Config
index 06ba065ea..fea0fcbbd 100644
--- a/lfs/Config
+++ b/lfs/Config
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ ifeq "$(BUILD_ARCH)" "aarch64"
 	GOARCH = arm64
 endif
 
+ifeq "$(BUILD_ARCH)" "loongarch64"
+	GOARCH = loong64
+endif
+
 # Rust
 ifeq "$(BUILD_ARCH)" "riscv64"
 	RUST_ARCH = riscv64gc
-- 
2.38.1

[PATCH v1 6/8] installer: Enable EFI support for loongarch64

[Vincent Li]

Add loongarch64 to the list of architectures that support EFI boot mode
in the installer hardware detection logic. This enables the installer
to correctly detect and configure EFI boot installation for LoongArch64
systems, which use UEFI as the standard firmware interface.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com>
---
 src/installer/hw.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/installer/hw.c b/src/installer/hw.c
index 058671624..0e8e175b3 100644
--- a/src/installer/hw.c
+++ b/src/installer/hw.c
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ struct hw* hw_init() {
 	// Should we install in EFI mode?
 	if ((strcmp(hw->arch, "x86_64") == 0)
 			|| (strcmp(hw->arch, "aarch64") == 0)
-			|| (strcmp(hw->arch, "riscv64") == 0))
+			|| (strcmp(hw->arch, "riscv64") == 0)
+			|| (strcmp(hw->arch, "loongarch64") == 0))
 		hw->efi = 1;
 
 	return hw;
-- 
2.38.1

[PATCH v1 7/8] installer: Add bootloader installation support for loongarch64

[Vincent Li]

Add loongarch64-efi to the list of supported bootloader architectures
in the install-bootloader script. This ensures that when installing
on LoongArch64 systems, the correct bootloader components (GRUB for
EFI) are installed during the installation process.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com>
---
 src/installer/install-bootloader | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/installer/install-bootloader b/src/installer/install-bootloader
index f21578495..a61fcb29c 100644
--- a/src/installer/install-bootloader
+++ b/src/installer/install-bootloader
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ function grub_install() {
 		aarch64)
 			arches="arm64-efi"
 			;;
+		loongarch64)
+			arches="loongarch64-efi"
+			;;
 		riscv64)
 			arches="riscv64-efi"
 			;;
-- 
2.38.1

Re: [PATCH v1 0/8] Add loongarch64 architecture support to IPFire

[Vincent Li]

Hi Michael,


On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 10:40 AM Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This patch series adds initial support for the LoongArch64 architecture
> to the IPFire build system and installer. LoongArch64 is the 64-bit
> RISC architecture developed by Loongson Technology, using UEFI as its
> standard firmware interface.
>
> The series includes:
>
> 1. **Build system detection** (make.sh): Add architecture detection
>    for loongarch64 in the main build script.
>
> 2. **Toolchain fixes** (gcc): Fix dynamic linker path for native
>    bootstrap to ensure glibc builds correctly.
>
> 3. **Package build system** (lfs/Config): Update config.guess/sub
>    scripts to recognize loongarch64 as a valid architecture.
>
> 4. **EFI and GRUB support** (lfs/Config): Define architecture
>    variables for building EFI firmware and GRUB for loongarch64.
>
> 5. **Go language support** (lfs/Config): Set GOARCH=loong64 for
>    building Go packages.
>
> 6. **Installer EFI detection** (installer): Enable EFI boot mode
>    detection for loongarch64 systems.
>
> 7. **Installer bootloader** (installer): Add GRUB installation
>    support for loongarch64-efi.
>
> 8. **Kernel build** (kernel): Add architecture definitions and
>    special handling for building the Linux kernel on loongarch64.
>
> These changes are the foundation for a complete loongarch64 port
> of IPFire and have been tested on a LoongArch64 development system.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com>
> ---
>   make.sh: Add support for building on loongarch64
>   gcc: Add dynamic linker path for loongarch64 native toolchain build
>   lfs/Config: Update config.guess and config.sub for loongarch64 support
>   lfs/Config: Add EFI and GRUB architecture definitions for loongarch64
>   lfs/Config: Set GOARCH for loongarch64 builds
>   installer: Enable EFI support for loongarch64
>   installer: Add bootloader installation support for loongarch64
>   kernel: Add build support for loongarch64
>
>  .../kernel/kernel.config.loongarch64-ipfire   |  7814 +++++
>  config/rootfiles/common/loongarch64/linux     | 23754 ++++++++++++++++
>  lfs/Config                                    |    14 +-
>  lfs/gcc                                       |     4 +
>  lfs/linux                                     |    10 +
>  make.sh                                       |     7 +-
>  src/installer/hw.c                            |     3 +-
>  src/installer/install-bootloader              |     3 +
>  8 files changed, 31605 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 config/kernel/kernel.config.loongarch64-ipfire
>  create mode 100644 config/rootfiles/common/loongarch64/linux
>
> --
> 2.38.1

Just a follow-up on this IPFire LoongArch support patch series, do you
have any input?

Vincent

Re: [PATCH v1 0/8] Add loongarch64 architecture support to IPFire

[Michael Tremer]

Hello Vincent,

Thanks for following up on this.

I have a branch here with a collection of changes needed to port IPFire to loongarch64:

  https://git.ipfire.org/?p=people/ms/ipfire-2.x.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/toolchain-loong64

This is unfortunately taking a long time to compile in the emulator, so progress has been very slow. I also needed a lot more changes to make the build go through. I am still missing a couple of root files, and I have not tested if the image would actually boot.

Generally, the changes that were needed were somewhat trivial and there is not a lot of bad stuff that we would have to carry around. The question however remains to our team if we want to make this port generally available to users considering that hardware is neither available to us or our users.

Do you have access, and do you know how to get access to hardware?

All the best,
-Michael

> On 27 Aug 2026, at 04:18, Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 10:40 AM Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> This patch series adds initial support for the LoongArch64 architecture
>> to the IPFire build system and installer. LoongArch64 is the 64-bit
>> RISC architecture developed by Loongson Technology, using UEFI as its
>> standard firmware interface.
>> 
>> The series includes:
>> 
>> 1. **Build system detection** (make.sh): Add architecture detection
>>   for loongarch64 in the main build script.
>> 
>> 2. **Toolchain fixes** (gcc): Fix dynamic linker path for native
>>   bootstrap to ensure glibc builds correctly.
>> 
>> 3. **Package build system** (lfs/Config): Update config.guess/sub
>>   scripts to recognize loongarch64 as a valid architecture.
>> 
>> 4. **EFI and GRUB support** (lfs/Config): Define architecture
>>   variables for building EFI firmware and GRUB for loongarch64.
>> 
>> 5. **Go language support** (lfs/Config): Set GOARCH=loong64 for
>>   building Go packages.
>> 
>> 6. **Installer EFI detection** (installer): Enable EFI boot mode
>>   detection for loongarch64 systems.
>> 
>> 7. **Installer bootloader** (installer): Add GRUB installation
>>   support for loongarch64-efi.
>> 
>> 8. **Kernel build** (kernel): Add architecture definitions and
>>   special handling for building the Linux kernel on loongarch64.
>> 
>> These changes are the foundation for a complete loongarch64 port
>> of IPFire and have been tested on a LoongArch64 development system.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  make.sh: Add support for building on loongarch64
>>  gcc: Add dynamic linker path for loongarch64 native toolchain build
>>  lfs/Config: Update config.guess and config.sub for loongarch64 support
>>  lfs/Config: Add EFI and GRUB architecture definitions for loongarch64
>>  lfs/Config: Set GOARCH for loongarch64 builds
>>  installer: Enable EFI support for loongarch64
>>  installer: Add bootloader installation support for loongarch64
>>  kernel: Add build support for loongarch64
>> 
>> .../kernel/kernel.config.loongarch64-ipfire   |  7814 +++++
>> config/rootfiles/common/loongarch64/linux     | 23754 ++++++++++++++++
>> lfs/Config                                    |    14 +-
>> lfs/gcc                                       |     4 +
>> lfs/linux                                     |    10 +
>> make.sh                                       |     7 +-
>> src/installer/hw.c                            |     3 +-
>> src/installer/install-bootloader              |     3 +
>> 8 files changed, 31605 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>> create mode 100644 config/kernel/kernel.config.loongarch64-ipfire
>> create mode 100644 config/rootfiles/common/loongarch64/linux
>> 
>> --
>> 2.38.1
> 
> Just a follow-up on this IPFire LoongArch support patch series, do you
> have any input?
> 
> Vincent
> 

Re: [PATCH v1 0/8] Add loongarch64 architecture support to IPFire

[Vincent Li]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM Michael Tremer
<michael.tremer@ipfire.org> wrote:
>
> Hello Vincent,
>
> Thanks for following up on this.
>
> I have a branch here with a collection of changes needed to port IPFire to loongarch64:
>
>   https://git.ipfire.org/?p=people/ms/ipfire-2.x.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/toolchain-loong64
>
> This is unfortunately taking a long time to compile in the emulator, so progress has been very slow. I also needed a lot more changes to make the build go through. I am still missing a couple of root files, and I have not tested if the image would actually boot.
>
> Generally, the changes that were needed were somewhat trivial and there is not a lot of bad stuff that we would have to carry around. The question however remains to our team if we want to make this port generally available to users considering that hardware is neither available to us or our users.
>
> Do you have access, and do you know how to get access to hardware?

I bought a Loongson 3a6000 mini PC from aliexpress myself for testing,
the mini PC was kind of expensive when I bought it. I can ask the
Loonson open source community organizer if it is possible for the
IPFire team to have access to loongson hardware.

Best,

Vincent.

>
> All the best,
> -Michael
>
> > On 27 Aug 2026, at 04:18, Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 10:40 AM Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> This patch series adds initial support for the LoongArch64 architecture
> >> to the IPFire build system and installer. LoongArch64 is the 64-bit
> >> RISC architecture developed by Loongson Technology, using UEFI as its
> >> standard firmware interface.
> >>
> >> The series includes:
> >>
> >> 1. **Build system detection** (make.sh): Add architecture detection
> >>   for loongarch64 in the main build script.
> >>
> >> 2. **Toolchain fixes** (gcc): Fix dynamic linker path for native
> >>   bootstrap to ensure glibc builds correctly.
> >>
> >> 3. **Package build system** (lfs/Config): Update config.guess/sub
> >>   scripts to recognize loongarch64 as a valid architecture.
> >>
> >> 4. **EFI and GRUB support** (lfs/Config): Define architecture
> >>   variables for building EFI firmware and GRUB for loongarch64.
> >>
> >> 5. **Go language support** (lfs/Config): Set GOARCH=loong64 for
> >>   building Go packages.
> >>
> >> 6. **Installer EFI detection** (installer): Enable EFI boot mode
> >>   detection for loongarch64 systems.
> >>
> >> 7. **Installer bootloader** (installer): Add GRUB installation
> >>   support for loongarch64-efi.
> >>
> >> 8. **Kernel build** (kernel): Add architecture definitions and
> >>   special handling for building the Linux kernel on loongarch64.
> >>
> >> These changes are the foundation for a complete loongarch64 port
> >> of IPFire and have been tested on a LoongArch64 development system.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com>
> >> ---
> >>  make.sh: Add support for building on loongarch64
> >>  gcc: Add dynamic linker path for loongarch64 native toolchain build
> >>  lfs/Config: Update config.guess and config.sub for loongarch64 support
> >>  lfs/Config: Add EFI and GRUB architecture definitions for loongarch64
> >>  lfs/Config: Set GOARCH for loongarch64 builds
> >>  installer: Enable EFI support for loongarch64
> >>  installer: Add bootloader installation support for loongarch64
> >>  kernel: Add build support for loongarch64
> >>
> >> .../kernel/kernel.config.loongarch64-ipfire   |  7814 +++++
> >> config/rootfiles/common/loongarch64/linux     | 23754 ++++++++++++++++
> >> lfs/Config                                    |    14 +-
> >> lfs/gcc                                       |     4 +
> >> lfs/linux                                     |    10 +
> >> make.sh                                       |     7 +-
> >> src/installer/hw.c                            |     3 +-
> >> src/installer/install-bootloader              |     3 +
> >> 8 files changed, 31605 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >> create mode 100644 config/kernel/kernel.config.loongarch64-ipfire
> >> create mode 100644 config/rootfiles/common/loongarch64/linux
> >>
> >> --
> >> 2.38.1
> >
> > Just a follow-up on this IPFire LoongArch support patch series, do you
> > have any input?
> >
> > Vincent
> >
>

Re: [PATCH v1 0/8] Add loongarch64 architecture support to IPFire

[Vincent Li]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 8:54 AM Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM Michael Tremer
> <michael.tremer@ipfire.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Vincent,
> >
> > Thanks for following up on this.
> >
> > I have a branch here with a collection of changes needed to port IPFire to loongarch64:
> >
> >   https://git.ipfire.org/?p=people/ms/ipfire-2.x.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/toolchain-loong64
> >
> > This is unfortunately taking a long time to compile in the emulator, so progress has been very slow. I also needed a lot more changes to make the build go through. I am still missing a couple of root files, and I have not tested if the image would actually boot.
> >
> > Generally, the changes that were needed were somewhat trivial and there is not a lot of bad stuff that we would have to carry around. The question however remains to our team if we want to make this port generally available to users considering that hardware is neither available to us or our users.
> >
> > Do you have access, and do you know how to get access to hardware?
>
> I bought a Loongson 3a6000 mini PC from aliexpress myself for testing,
> the mini PC was kind of expensive when I bought it. I can ask the
> Loonson open source community organizer if it is possible for the
> IPFire team to have access to loongson hardware.

Hi Michael,

I sent you an email with Loongson's open source community organizer
contact Mingcong Bai on discussion if and how you could get access to
Loongson's hardware.

Thanks

Vincent

>
> Best,
>
> Vincent.
>
> >
> > All the best,
> > -Michael
> >
> > > On 27 Aug 2026, at 04:18, Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Michael,
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 10:40 AM Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> This patch series adds initial support for the LoongArch64 architecture
> > >> to the IPFire build system and installer. LoongArch64 is the 64-bit
> > >> RISC architecture developed by Loongson Technology, using UEFI as its
> > >> standard firmware interface.
> > >>
> > >> The series includes:
> > >>
> > >> 1. **Build system detection** (make.sh): Add architecture detection
> > >>   for loongarch64 in the main build script.
> > >>
> > >> 2. **Toolchain fixes** (gcc): Fix dynamic linker path for native
> > >>   bootstrap to ensure glibc builds correctly.
> > >>
> > >> 3. **Package build system** (lfs/Config): Update config.guess/sub
> > >>   scripts to recognize loongarch64 as a valid architecture.
> > >>
> > >> 4. **EFI and GRUB support** (lfs/Config): Define architecture
> > >>   variables for building EFI firmware and GRUB for loongarch64.
> > >>
> > >> 5. **Go language support** (lfs/Config): Set GOARCH=loong64 for
> > >>   building Go packages.
> > >>
> > >> 6. **Installer EFI detection** (installer): Enable EFI boot mode
> > >>   detection for loongarch64 systems.
> > >>
> > >> 7. **Installer bootloader** (installer): Add GRUB installation
> > >>   support for loongarch64-efi.
> > >>
> > >> 8. **Kernel build** (kernel): Add architecture definitions and
> > >>   special handling for building the Linux kernel on loongarch64.
> > >>
> > >> These changes are the foundation for a complete loongarch64 port
> > >> of IPFire and have been tested on a LoongArch64 development system.
> > >>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com>
> > >> ---
> > >>  make.sh: Add support for building on loongarch64
> > >>  gcc: Add dynamic linker path for loongarch64 native toolchain build
> > >>  lfs/Config: Update config.guess and config.sub for loongarch64 support
> > >>  lfs/Config: Add EFI and GRUB architecture definitions for loongarch64
> > >>  lfs/Config: Set GOARCH for loongarch64 builds
> > >>  installer: Enable EFI support for loongarch64
> > >>  installer: Add bootloader installation support for loongarch64
> > >>  kernel: Add build support for loongarch64
> > >>
> > >> .../kernel/kernel.config.loongarch64-ipfire   |  7814 +++++
> > >> config/rootfiles/common/loongarch64/linux     | 23754 ++++++++++++++++
> > >> lfs/Config                                    |    14 +-
> > >> lfs/gcc                                       |     4 +
> > >> lfs/linux                                     |    10 +
> > >> make.sh                                       |     7 +-
> > >> src/installer/hw.c                            |     3 +-
> > >> src/installer/install-bootloader              |     3 +
> > >> 8 files changed, 31605 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >> create mode 100644 config/kernel/kernel.config.loongarch64-ipfire
> > >> create mode 100644 config/rootfiles/common/loongarch64/linux
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> 2.38.1
> > >
> > > Just a follow-up on this IPFire LoongArch support patch series, do you
> > > have any input?
> > >
> > > Vincent
> > >
> >

Re: [PATCH v1 0/8] Add loongarch64 architecture support to IPFire

[Michael Tremer]

Hello Vincent,

Thank you very much. I just emailed back.

All the best,
-Michael

> On 28 Aug 2026, at 03:52, Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 8:54 AM Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM Michael Tremer
>> <michael.tremer@ipfire.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Vincent,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for following up on this.
>>> 
>>> I have a branch here with a collection of changes needed to port IPFire to loongarch64:
>>> 
>>>  https://git.ipfire.org/?p=people/ms/ipfire-2.x.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/toolchain-loong64
>>> 
>>> This is unfortunately taking a long time to compile in the emulator, so progress has been very slow. I also needed a lot more changes to make the build go through. I am still missing a couple of root files, and I have not tested if the image would actually boot.
>>> 
>>> Generally, the changes that were needed were somewhat trivial and there is not a lot of bad stuff that we would have to carry around. The question however remains to our team if we want to make this port generally available to users considering that hardware is neither available to us or our users.
>>> 
>>> Do you have access, and do you know how to get access to hardware?
>> 
>> I bought a Loongson 3a6000 mini PC from aliexpress myself for testing,
>> the mini PC was kind of expensive when I bought it. I can ask the
>> Loonson open source community organizer if it is possible for the
>> IPFire team to have access to loongson hardware.
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> I sent you an email with Loongson's open source community organizer
> contact Mingcong Bai on discussion if and how you could get access to
> Loongson's hardware.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Vincent
> 
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Vincent.
>> 
>>> 
>>> All the best,
>>> -Michael
>>> 
>>>> On 27 Aug 2026, at 04:18, Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Michael,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 10:40 AM Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> This patch series adds initial support for the LoongArch64 architecture
>>>>> to the IPFire build system and installer. LoongArch64 is the 64-bit
>>>>> RISC architecture developed by Loongson Technology, using UEFI as its
>>>>> standard firmware interface.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The series includes:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1. **Build system detection** (make.sh): Add architecture detection
>>>>>  for loongarch64 in the main build script.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2. **Toolchain fixes** (gcc): Fix dynamic linker path for native
>>>>>  bootstrap to ensure glibc builds correctly.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 3. **Package build system** (lfs/Config): Update config.guess/sub
>>>>>  scripts to recognize loongarch64 as a valid architecture.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 4. **EFI and GRUB support** (lfs/Config): Define architecture
>>>>>  variables for building EFI firmware and GRUB for loongarch64.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 5. **Go language support** (lfs/Config): Set GOARCH=loong64 for
>>>>>  building Go packages.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 6. **Installer EFI detection** (installer): Enable EFI boot mode
>>>>>  detection for loongarch64 systems.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 7. **Installer bootloader** (installer): Add GRUB installation
>>>>>  support for loongarch64-efi.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 8. **Kernel build** (kernel): Add architecture definitions and
>>>>>  special handling for building the Linux kernel on loongarch64.
>>>>> 
>>>>> These changes are the foundation for a complete loongarch64 port
>>>>> of IPFire and have been tested on a LoongArch64 development system.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> make.sh: Add support for building on loongarch64
>>>>> gcc: Add dynamic linker path for loongarch64 native toolchain build
>>>>> lfs/Config: Update config.guess and config.sub for loongarch64 support
>>>>> lfs/Config: Add EFI and GRUB architecture definitions for loongarch64
>>>>> lfs/Config: Set GOARCH for loongarch64 builds
>>>>> installer: Enable EFI support for loongarch64
>>>>> installer: Add bootloader installation support for loongarch64
>>>>> kernel: Add build support for loongarch64
>>>>> 
>>>>> .../kernel/kernel.config.loongarch64-ipfire   |  7814 +++++
>>>>> config/rootfiles/common/loongarch64/linux     | 23754 ++++++++++++++++
>>>>> lfs/Config                                    |    14 +-
>>>>> lfs/gcc                                       |     4 +
>>>>> lfs/linux                                     |    10 +
>>>>> make.sh                                       |     7 +-
>>>>> src/installer/hw.c                            |     3 +-
>>>>> src/installer/install-bootloader              |     3 +
>>>>> 8 files changed, 31605 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>>> create mode 100644 config/kernel/kernel.config.loongarch64-ipfire
>>>>> create mode 100644 config/rootfiles/common/loongarch64/linux
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> 2.38.1
>>>> 
>>>> Just a follow-up on this IPFire LoongArch support patch series, do you
>>>> have any input?
>>>> 
>>>> Vincent

Re: [PATCH v1 0/8] Add loongarch64 architecture support to IPFire

[Vincent Li]

On Sat, Aug 29, 2026 at 2:48 AM Michael Tremer
<michael.tremer@ipfire.org> wrote:
>
> Hello Vincent,
>
> Thank you very much. I just emailed back.
>
> All the best,
> -Michael
>

Thank you Michael for supporting LoongArch architecture in IPFire, it
is exciting :)

Vincent

> > On 28 Aug 2026, at 03:52, Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 8:54 AM Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM Michael Tremer
> >> <michael.tremer@ipfire.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hello Vincent,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for following up on this.
> >>>
> >>> I have a branch here with a collection of changes needed to port IPFire to loongarch64:
> >>>
> >>>  https://git.ipfire.org/?p=people/ms/ipfire-2.x.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/toolchain-loong64
> >>>
> >>> This is unfortunately taking a long time to compile in the emulator, so progress has been very slow. I also needed a lot more changes to make the build go through. I am still missing a couple of root files, and I have not tested if the image would actually boot.
> >>>
> >>> Generally, the changes that were needed were somewhat trivial and there is not a lot of bad stuff that we would have to carry around. The question however remains to our team if we want to make this port generally available to users considering that hardware is neither available to us or our users.
> >>>
> >>> Do you have access, and do you know how to get access to hardware?
> >>
> >> I bought a Loongson 3a6000 mini PC from aliexpress myself for testing,
> >> the mini PC was kind of expensive when I bought it. I can ask the
> >> Loonson open source community organizer if it is possible for the
> >> IPFire team to have access to loongson hardware.
> >
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > I sent you an email with Loongson's open source community organizer
> > contact Mingcong Bai on discussion if and how you could get access to
> > Loongson's hardware.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Vincent
> >
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Vincent.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> All the best,
> >>> -Michael
> >>>
> >>>> On 27 Aug 2026, at 04:18, Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Michael,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 10:40 AM Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This patch series adds initial support for the LoongArch64 architecture
> >>>>> to the IPFire build system and installer. LoongArch64 is the 64-bit
> >>>>> RISC architecture developed by Loongson Technology, using UEFI as its
> >>>>> standard firmware interface.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The series includes:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 1. **Build system detection** (make.sh): Add architecture detection
> >>>>>  for loongarch64 in the main build script.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 2. **Toolchain fixes** (gcc): Fix dynamic linker path for native
> >>>>>  bootstrap to ensure glibc builds correctly.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 3. **Package build system** (lfs/Config): Update config.guess/sub
> >>>>>  scripts to recognize loongarch64 as a valid architecture.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 4. **EFI and GRUB support** (lfs/Config): Define architecture
> >>>>>  variables for building EFI firmware and GRUB for loongarch64.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 5. **Go language support** (lfs/Config): Set GOARCH=loong64 for
> >>>>>  building Go packages.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 6. **Installer EFI detection** (installer): Enable EFI boot mode
> >>>>>  detection for loongarch64 systems.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 7. **Installer bootloader** (installer): Add GRUB installation
> >>>>>  support for loongarch64-efi.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 8. **Kernel build** (kernel): Add architecture definitions and
> >>>>>  special handling for building the Linux kernel on loongarch64.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> These changes are the foundation for a complete loongarch64 port
> >>>>> of IPFire and have been tested on a LoongArch64 development system.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>> make.sh: Add support for building on loongarch64
> >>>>> gcc: Add dynamic linker path for loongarch64 native toolchain build
> >>>>> lfs/Config: Update config.guess and config.sub for loongarch64 support
> >>>>> lfs/Config: Add EFI and GRUB architecture definitions for loongarch64
> >>>>> lfs/Config: Set GOARCH for loongarch64 builds
> >>>>> installer: Enable EFI support for loongarch64
> >>>>> installer: Add bootloader installation support for loongarch64
> >>>>> kernel: Add build support for loongarch64
> >>>>>
> >>>>> .../kernel/kernel.config.loongarch64-ipfire   |  7814 +++++
> >>>>> config/rootfiles/common/loongarch64/linux     | 23754 ++++++++++++++++
> >>>>> lfs/Config                                    |    14 +-
> >>>>> lfs/gcc                                       |     4 +
> >>>>> lfs/linux                                     |    10 +
> >>>>> make.sh                                       |     7 +-
> >>>>> src/installer/hw.c                            |     3 +-
> >>>>> src/installer/install-bootloader              |     3 +
> >>>>> 8 files changed, 31605 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >>>>> create mode 100644 config/kernel/kernel.config.loongarch64-ipfire
> >>>>> create mode 100644 config/rootfiles/common/loongarch64/linux
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> 2.38.1
> >>>>
> >>>> Just a follow-up on this IPFire LoongArch support patch series, do you
> >>>> have any input?
> >>>>
> >>>> Vincent
>
>