Add precompiled NIFs for freebsd

[maltekrupa]

Hi,

as discussed in #617, this will add precompiled NIFs for freebsd.

The solution was to use a more recent version of https://github.com/cross-rs/cross. Since this failed on ubuntu-20.04, the OS had to be set to a newer version too (ubuntu-22.04).

I left the other targets untouched but it'd probably make sense to update the OS for them too. Either here or in a new PR. What do you think?

Best
Malte

[philss]

I left the other targets untouched but it'd probably make sense to update the OS for them too. Either here or in a new PR.

I would keep the ubuntu-20.04 for all the other targets for compatibility issues. If we build in a newer OS, it may brake systems running on older versions.

@maltekrupa another important thing is that we may need to change rustler_precompiled to normalize the target name. Your error message got the target "amd64-portbld-freebsd13.1", but this name should match the target name we are building to.

[maltekrupa]

Thank you for the quick response.

I would keep the ubuntu-20.04 for all the other targets for compatibility issues. If we build in a newer OS, it may brake systems running on older versions.

Ok, what about the other targets that use cross? Should they stay on the old cross+ubuntu version too?

another important thing is that we may need to change rustler_precompiled to normalize the target name

Cool, I'll check that next.

[philss]

@maltekrupa I think we can keep the newer version of cross, unless it's not compatible with most of the targets.

[philss]

@maltekrupa thanks for the updates! I think we need one more thing: add the target to the list of targets here:
https://github.com/elixir-nx/explorer/blob/2005b9048c184a93023cbe0d95a690f22725300f/lib/explorer/polars_backend/native.ex#L15

And also, I decided to not force this new target as default for now (in rustler_precompiled), so it makes easier for maintainers to decide to adopt or not.

[maltekrupa]

thanks for the updates!

Thank you for taking the time to guide me through everything!

I think we need one more thing: add the target to the list of targets here:

Done 👍

And also, I decided to not force this new target as default for now (in rustler_precompiled), so it makes easier for maintainers to decide to adopt or not.

Sounds good to me. :)

[leonardorame]

Hi, I'm trying to use Explorer 0.8.2 on FreeBSD 14 (in a LiveBook) and I'm getting this error:

[warning] The on_load function for module Elixir.Explorer.PolarsBackend.Native returned:
{:error,
 {:load_failed,
  ~c"Failed to load NIF library: '/usr/home/leonardo/.cache/mix/installs/elixir-1.16.2-erts-14.2.3/5f580a480fb9239855394fbd02c8fe03/_build/dev/lib/explorer/priv/native/libexplorer-v0.8.2-nif-2.15-x86_64-unknown-freebsd.so: No space available for static Thread Local Storage'"}}

Is the libexplorer-v0.8.2-nif-2.15-x86_64-unknown-freebsd.so compiled for FreeBSD 14 or for an older version?.