build: Rename arm to arm32 and check if it's really supported #1034

issue real-or-random opened this issue on December 7, 2021

real-or-random commented at 10:16 AM on December 7, 2021: contributor

See the discussion starting here: #936 (comment)
Psycho-Pirate commented at 7:01 PM on February 17, 2022: none

I would like to work on this. Please tell me which files need to be updated.
real-or-random commented at 8:57 PM on February 17, 2022: contributor

Have a look at configure.ac. You need to be familiar with shell scripting, and you need to figure out a way to detect arm32 support. The autoconf documentation may be useful. (https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/)
Psycho-Pirate commented at 9:51 AM on February 18, 2022: none

Thanks, I will look into this!
real-or-random commented at 10:23 AM on August 2, 2022: contributor

@Psycho-Pirate Are you still interested in working on this?
hebasto commented at 11:17 AM on May 11, 2023: member
At least in CMake-based build system, it seems worth making the SECP256K1_ASM option actually dependent on the value of the CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR variable. Then ON/OFF values will be enough for it with defaults as follows:
- ON for x86_64
- OFF for arm
real-or-random closed this on May 12, 2023
theStack referenced this in commit b54a0672ef on Jan 31, 2024

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