Re: boot-floppies 3.0.21 for testing
"Rolf Brudeseth" <rolfb@us.ibm.com> writes:
> Thanks for the feedback. I will limit this e-mail to CHRP machines. Before
> we get into the technical issues; my question is: Has there been a
> conscious decision to make Woody support the RS6000/pSeries CHRP systems?
No idea.
> SuSE work on well on many of these machines. If Debian has leveraged of the
> SuSE work and applied this hardware support to Woody, then there is no need
> for me to volunteer my help.
Again, not being a CHRP porter or having any familiarity with the
hardware, no idea.
> However, based on a few observations I tend to doubt that. First,
> there is no RS6000/pSeries CHRP install documentation that I can
> find available from Debian.
That doesn't necessarily mean anything. Have you looked at
http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/ on the CHRP page to see what it
says is supported?
> Second, there is only one set of boot-floppies for the CHRP
> platform. I am in the process of compiling the Linux kernel and I
> see that one has to specify the processor type; thus, one would have
> separate images for 7450, POWER3, POWER4, etc.
In that case, I can rule out right now that we can support it in
Woody. No new packages are being included in woody, and you would
need the new kernel-image-* packages for this. Furthermore, I'm not
willing to make a change this drastic at this late date for Woody.
> Third, the rescue floppy does not appear to be in the ELF format.
>
> I have some experience in software development; however, I have limited
> knowledge of how to compile the Linux kernel and build boot/root images. I
> have been reading various FAQs and HOWTOs and I am slowly making progress.
> However, if Debian wants to support the RS6000/pSeries, I can help by
> testing the images on various machines and forward technical questions to
> the internal Linux group. I am not sure filing a bug with Debian will help
> if nobody is actively working on adding RS6000/pSeries support.
>
> Unfortunately, I am not in a positions to send you any hardware; however,
> do you know if there a person with Debian that is focusing on adding
> support to the RS6000/pSeries CHRP systems. If there is, then I could work
> with that person. Am I better off broadcasting this in the PPC mailing
> list?
Yes. I've CC'd the list.
> I would also like to point out that this is not an IBM sponsored effort. I
> just want to help Debian on a personal level.
No problem, and thanks for your ideas and clear exposition of what
would have to be done.
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