Re: Unique ppc64el virtual machines available for free
On 08/29/2014 05:08 AM, Gasha wrote:
Is there a way to get image, and try to run it on p710 lpar ?
For the image, you can probably debootstrap (at least --variant=buildd).
For the P710 LPAR, 'probably' not (not easily). The little-endian mode
on IBM POWER processor/systems is 'supported' from POWER8 onwards [1].
Although the POWER7/7+ processors can run it virtualized (see patches
for qemu [2]), that requires non generally-available firmware.
It seems some (cool) non-production/not-supported hacks were developed
for that (e.g., [3]), but I haven't tested / don't know about.
cheers,
[1]
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/fe313521-2e95-46f2-817d-44a4f27eba32/entry/just_the_faqs_about_little_endian?lang=en
[2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-ppc/2013-08/msg00047.html
[3]
https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2013-December/114138.html
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Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
IBM Linux Technology Center
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