Re: Help with the arm64 and ppc64el installation-guides needed
- To: Holger Wansing <linux@wansing-online.de>, Breno Leitao <brenohl@br.ibm.com>, Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org>, debian-arm@lists.debian.org, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, debian-boot@lists.debian.org, Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org>
- Subject: Re: Help with the arm64 and ppc64el installation-guides needed
- From: Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>
- Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 22:08:44 +0200
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On 2015-04-12 20:22, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Mmm, the following looks like a useless addition:
>
> Holger Wansing, le Sat 11 Apr 2015 17:13:06 +0200, a écrit :
> > Index: en/boot-installer/powerpc.xml
> > ===================================================================
> > --- en/boot-installer/powerpc.xml (Revision 69729)
> > +++ en/boot-installer/powerpc.xml (Arbeitskopie)
> > @@ -283,3 +283,41 @@
> >
> > </para>
> > </sect2>
> > +
> > + <sect2 arch="ppc64el"> <title>Booting a ppc64el machine</title>
> > +<para>
> > +
> > +How to boot a ppc64el machine:
> > +
> > +</para>
> > +
> > + <sect3> <title>Petitboot</title>
> > +<para>
> > +
> > +Petitboot is a platform independent bootloader based on the Linux kexec.
> > +Petitboot supports loading kernel, initrd and device tree files from
> > +any Linux mountable filesystem, plus can load files from the network
> > +using the FTP, SFTP, TFTP, NFS, HTTP and HTTPS protocols. Petitboot can
> > +boot any operating system that includes kexec boot support.
> > +
> > +</para><para>
> > +
> > +Petitboot looks for bootloader configuration files on mountable devices
> > +in the system, and can also be configured to use boot information from a
> > +DHCP server.
> > +
> > +</para>
> > + </sect3>
> > +
> > +<!-- comment this out for now, since there is no content
> > + <sect3> <title>Boot parameters</title>
> > +<para>
> > + Boot parameters for ppc64el
> > +
> > +FIXME: add some useful content here
> > +
> > +</para>
> > + </sect3>
> > +-->
> > +
> > + </sect2>
>
> Since petitboot runs inside a running linux kernel, that only shifts the
> problem of booting that linux kernel :)
Petitboot is the default bootloader on this machine when configured to
run Linux. It's the interface the user see when powering up the machine.
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