Re: New architecture ppc64el on Debian

[Breno Leitao <brenohl@br.ibm.com>]

Hi Bastian,

On 09/21/2013 03:22 PM, Bastian Blank wrote:
> Can you please describe the advantages of this new port?
This is going to be part of the OpenPower consortium. This article[1] describe a
little bit about the about the architecture.

>  What versions of the Linux kernel, gcc, glibc are needed?
Probably the yet-to-GA kernel, gcc and glibc. Patches started to being sent their
projects, tho.

I want to start contributing with Debian soon, as well.

[1] -
http://www.zdnet.com/ibms-openpower-consortium-with-nvidia-google-aims-to-advance-datacenter-7000019052/