On 09/22/2014 10:24 AM, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote:
On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 09:57:44 -0300 Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mauricfo@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:Yes, ppc64el runs on POWER8 onwards with OpenFirmware based firmware.I thought the base was Power7? At least my qemu-based ppc64le VM declares itself as a Power7?
"Yes." It is possible to run ppc64el on POWER7 as guest [1] (only), but that requires firmware that is not generally available. That has been used for development, but is not supported [2]. [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-ppc/2013-08/msg00047.html[2] https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/fe313521-2e95-46f2-817d-44a4f27eba32/entry/just_the_faqs_about_little_endian?lang=en
-- Mauricio Faria de Oliveira IBM Linux Technology Center