Thanks for the info I will keep you updated.
Troy Klein
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 02:09:04PM -0700, Troy Klein wrote:
> I have just been told we need a version of sis for X86-64 and am
> wondering how far if at all systemimager-devel team is?
>
> If you don't have anything yet I will be working on it and if you do can
> I see what you have so far?
we've done nothing, but port work would be appreciated.
i'm doing the alpha port at the moment, so the steps required are rather
fresh in my mind.
1) get a kernel working - we're currently on 2.4.20, so that's the desired
target, if possible. use linux.i386.config as a starting point.
make sure this kernel can use cramfs initrds - take a look at patches/
in cvs.
2) get bootmedia working. with 3.2 we'll still be shipping
mkautoinstalldiskette/mkautoinstallcd. i'd like to be using the mkbootmedia
stuff with the next release, which should be pretty easy to port to.
let me know when you're ready for this, i'm still solidifying the api.
3) make partitioning work - i imagine this will be 0 work for you.
4) get all of 'make binaries' to build.
5) teach systemconfigurator about your bootloader (once again, this may be
a no-op for x86-64)
6) test & see what else is broken :)
file bugs w/ patches (there's a devel section in the manual that describes
this process). stuff that is purely x86-64 will be easy to get in - stuff
that affects all architectures may be delayed until after 3.2.0.
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