Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

["Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>]

Hi,

Steve McIntyre wrote:

> > I've also just added ppc64el to the daily and weekly build config -
> > let's see how well it works!

Aurelien Jarno wrote:

> It seems the daily build has worked correctly.

If you mean
  http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/ppc64el/iso-cd/debian-testing-ppc64el-netinst.iso
then it lacks the CHRP (MBR) partition table.
The xorriso command line in /.disk/mkisofs matches this.
It contains no boot options.

In your patch of  Fri, 3 Oct 2014 00:33:01 +0200 i see

  +if [ -d CD$N/ppc/bootinfo.txt ] ; then
  +    add_mkisofs_opt $CDDIR/../$N.mkisofs_opts "-chrp-boot"
  +fi

which did not come into effect or else would have sabotaged
the production run with message
  xorriso : FAILURE : -as mkisofs: Unsupported option '-chrp-boot'

The reason why it did not influence the production run is most
probably the test option -d for the data file ppc/bootinfo.txt.

How about this:

  if [ -f CD$N/ppc/bootinfo.txt ] ; then
       add_mkisofs_opt $CDDIR/../$N.mkisofs_opts "-chrp-boot-part"
  fi


Have a nice day :)

Thomas