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> Zisofs does not work on ppc. |
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Would have been nice if I would have been told that not having |
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gcloop was a showstopper for ppc. |
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> The addition of gcloop support to genkernel is the |
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> responsibility of the genkernel maintainer, not ours. |
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yep, and I thought every arch was kosher with what genkernel |
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currently provided for the 2004.0 release, and it was cool |
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if gcloop was a 2004.1 thing. |
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> Another reason is your inability to communicate ppc64 livecd plans to |
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> me. I expect ppc64 livecds to be exactly the same as a regular ppc |
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> livecd. |
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Well, the bootloader is the only 'same' thing about it. And like I said, |
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amd64 != x86, just like ppc64 != ppc ... you still have yet to address |
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this. |
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> If I'm not mistaken you already announced ppc64 livecds on |
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> -dev, since you're also the genkernel developer, I would expect you to |
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> be qualified enough to integrate ppc livecd support yourself and allow |
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> me to spend more time on other assets important to gentoo. |
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The genkernel profiles will be totally different between ppc and ppc64, |
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don't know what you're talking about there. It's only the catalyst support |
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for the bootloader that will draw any similarities. |
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> My question |
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> about this to this list (2 feb) is still unanswered. I'll repeat it |
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> here: |
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> "Is there a possibility ppc64 could integrate ppc32 livecd support into |
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> catalyst? If I'm not mistaken brad_mssw is closely related to both |
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> ppc64, catalyst, genkernel and even amd64 for which already livecds |
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> have been created using catalyst. I guess this would speed up |
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> development enourmeously." |
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I announced ppc64 would be ready for 2004.1, if you plan on doing a |
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2004.0 release, you might want to do some of the work yourself. Plus, |
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I have no way to know what kernel configs a 32bit G3/G4 system would |
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need, and what kernels you all do/can use. |
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> What is scheduled to happen? |
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Hopefully have an initial ppc64 livecd by then end of this month for |
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pSeries, iSeries, but it will be extremely beta, and probably use |
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the 'normal' loop. |
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> |
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> Genkernel will get its ppc profile before 2004.0/ppc. For an accurate |
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> eta, I need to be able to schedule time for it. |
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Again, the profile is extremely trivial. It consists of only a couple |
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of files, most of which you probably already have (e.g. kernel config). |
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> What could help |
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> realizing that is better communication, having an idea about current |
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> plans for genkernel/catalyst, and better catalyst livecd documentation |
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> (genkernel docs are fantastic). I have asked for these on this list on |
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> the 2nd of this month in two separate emails. |
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I take it you're being sarcastic on the genkernel docs. But if you |
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just even took the time to glance at the profile directories that |
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are already in genkernel and the README file that comes along with |
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it I think you should be able to figure it out in less than 2 minutes. |
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If not, I really have serious questions about you. |
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/me feels another flame war coming on. |
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-Brad |
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