> > I've been playing a bit with BTS lately and I have setup powerpc & > ppc64 tags on a few outstanding bugs related to PowerPC arch: > > http://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/bts-usertags.cgi?tag=powerpc&user=debian-powerpc%40lists.debian.org > http://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/bts-usertags.cgi?tag=ppc64&user=debian-powerpc%40lists.debian.org > > Here is a summary of some outstanding issues that have either been > solved or are being worked on: > > 1. mono (http://bugs.debian.org/819711) > > The issue with mono on PowerPC (and ppc64!) has been found and > reported upstream. I'll keep an eye on the package to check that mono > on PowerPC comes back in Debian. > > 2. yaboot 1.3.17 (http://bugs.debian.org/819549) > > Thanks to Milan Kupcevic we finally have yaboot 1.3.17 in Debian ! > There is still an issue with PPC64 build but a patch has been provided > by Lennart Sorensen (http://bugs.debian.org/322540). > > 3. partman-ext3 (http://bugs.debian.org/825110) > > Debian Installer Stretch Alpha 6 release is currently broken as > described in the bug report. But Milan Kupcevic managed to provide a > work around. I've not tested but the daily installer should work, use > it instead. > > 4. OFfb red / blue color inversion (http://bugs.debian.org/825840) > > Currently when using d-i the text based installation display inverted > colors. I am currently tracking down why this is happening and if it > possible to directly fix OFfb. There are alternatives describe in this > bug tracker to fix the symptoms, namely to use radeon(fb) in place of > OFfb. So d-i on PowerPC may not only be suited for color blind people > after all :-) > > 5. partman-auto (http://bugs.debian.org/610206) > > By default yaboot is the bootloader on PowerPC. But there is a secret > option in d-i to install grub-ieee1275 on CHRP IBM machines. I am > trying to make that also an option for NewWorld Mac machines, one > patch at a time. > > 6. r300: Visuals not found in (default) depth = 24 > (http://bugs.debian.org/746272) > > Users of the r300 driver needed to use an old patch > (http://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_get_graphics_working.3F) > to get the default depth working. This has now been fixed upstream and > will be part of the next mesa release. > > 7. No sound on PowerPC with Jessie upgrade (http://bugs.debian.org/714345) > > There were actually two different issues that prevented some users to > have sound working. They have both been solved by Wolfram Sang > (http://bugs.debian.org/714345#120 & > http://bugs.debian.org/714345#161). The first one is already in linux > 4.5.5, and the last patch has been tagged for stable release in linux. > > -M >