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Hi Everyone, |
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HP has generously given us a very nice dual-CPU Itanium 2 system with |
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10GB of RAM on extended loan to allow us to port Gentoo Linux to it. I |
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currently have it set up on my LAN and can give out access to |
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experienced Gentoo developers and possibly some non-developers who might |
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have already begun work on porting Gentoo to IA64. |
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There are several people on the Gentoo dev team who are very motivated |
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to get our IA64 rock-solid as soon as we possibly can, so I'd expect our |
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progress on IA64 to move along very very quickly. If you have the time |
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and experience to help in some capacity, please email Seemant Kulleen at |
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seemant@g.o and cc me (drobbins@g.o) and tell us how you |
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can help. |
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The machine is currently running Debian. Porting plan is: |
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1) port Portage to Debian/IA64 |
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2) use Portage to build an IA64 stage1 in a chroot |
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3) use Portage to build an IA64 stage3 in a chroot |
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4) get it to boot |
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5) convert system over to native Gentoo operation |
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6) expand support for IA64 throughout the Portage tree |
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7) release |
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Best Regards, |
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Daniel |
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