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On 24/09/15 14:23, Leno Hou wrote: |
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> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Leno Hou <lenohou@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> 2. We believe to make Gentoo support ppc64le, we still need to compile |
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>> kernel and bootloader |
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>> - Which version of kernel provided by Gentoo would you suggest us to |
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>> use? |
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>> As to Ubuntu, there will be many patches to make the kernel |
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>> workable, so how to patch |
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>> our Gentoo kernel to make it work for ppc64le? |
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> Upstream's 4.2.1 is OK :-) |
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> I've compiled sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-4.2.1 on Ubuntu and |
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> successfully booted Ubuntu as following. |
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> root@ppc64le:~# uname -a |
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> Linux ppc64le 4.2.1-gentoo #1 SMP Wed Sep 23 19:28:17 PDT 2015 |
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> ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux |
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>> - Which version of grub suitable for ppc64le ? Is there any patches |
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>> to ppc64le grub ? |
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>> 3. When the gentoo we make out workable on ppc64le, we would like to know |
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>> the process of |
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>> making it officially supported by Gentoo community |
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>> - For each arch, do we have a subteam to verify the packages? If so, |
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>> how to reach these guys? |
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>> - For hardware environment, does anyone have Power8 systems ? |
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>> Again, please apply POWER8 Systems and join our work :-) |
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> [1]: https://www.runabove.com/instances/ibm-power8.xml |
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> [2]: https://ptopenlab.com/cloudlabconsole/#/ |
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> [3]: http://osuosl.org/services/powerdev/request_hosting |
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We do not have an IBM contact (that I know) otherwise I'd love to get 3 |
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powerdev minimal paravirt enviroments to test BE, LE and Power7. |
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Anybody with ties with IBM willing to help? =) |
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