Re: Debian with Reiser4-patched Linux kernel on IBM Power8
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 4:11 AM, Jonáš Vidra <vidra.jonas@seznam.cz> wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:53:48 +0200 Jose R R <Jose.r.r@metztli-it.com> wrote:
>
>> is there any reason why Reiser4 SFRN 4.0.1-enabled Debian should not
>> run on Power8? I assume GPT should be selected whereas previously I
>> have tested -- on AMD64 baremetal and cloud -- only MSDOS disk
>> partitioning.
>
>
> There might be some problems with the endianness of the system.
>
> I have tested Reiser4 on 32bit PowerPC several years ago and as far as I
> remember, mounting and using a preformatted partition (mkfs done on an x86
> machine) was possible, but a partition formatted on PowerPC was unusable.
> I can repeat the tests, if you are interested.
No, I won't bother you with that. Just gathering some preliminary
information prior to efforts at building the PPC Reiser4 UDEB module
for my Debian-Installer (d-i) hack.
Thank you much for your insight on 'endianness of the system'.
Best professional Regards.
--
Jose R R
http://metztli.it
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