Re: sparc qualification for Wheezy
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org> wrote:
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 01:50:04PM +0200, Artyom Tarasenko wrote:
>> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Josip Rodin <joy@entuzijast.net> wrote:
>> > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 01:19:48PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
>> >> Comments on / additions and corrections to the content of
>> >> http://release.debian.org/wheezy/arch_qualify.html would be appreciated,
>> >> as would any other information you think is relevant to helping us
>> >> determine sparc's status for the release.
>> >
>> > I see the number of registered sparc porters has dropped since the last time
>> > around and we're now in the red, but I don't think that's because of an
>> > actual change, rather we must have done different accounting.
>> >
>> > upstream and downstream, the situation seems unchanged - stuff is generally
>> > working fine, I don't see a particular reason to avoid releasing sparc
>> > wheezy compared to sparc squeeze.
>>
>> And if debian-sparc would include the virtio drivers, it might even
>> get more porters,
>> as they would be able to develop stuff and do some initial testing
>> without having
>> an access to sun4u hardware. [1] ;-)
>>
>> 1. http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2012/05/msg00014.html
>
> File a wishlist bug against linux-2.6 package asking to enable
> virtio-modules udeb for sparc. We have them for other architectures,
> if there any particular reason why they are not available for sparc,
> kernel team will explain it to us.
Done. Bug#673320
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Regards,
Artyom Tarasenko
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