* Jens Seidel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-03-09 20:18]: > What would be necessary to add support for Octane? > > Is it sufficient to provide a kernel and maybe a bootloader? The > problem with Octane is that only a few kernel versions are supported > by upstream and merging patches to newer kernels is probably not > easy. > > What else is missing (except testing)?
- We'd definitely want to have proper Octane support in the mainline kernel first. Maintaining the patches in the Debian kernel tree is a major headache. The good news is that Thomas Bogendoerfer intends to work on Octane support in the near future. - Once there's support in the mainline kernel, adding an Octane kernel image to Debian would be easy. - Figure out how to boot. arcboot probably won't work, but arcload is already in the archive. Test that. - Integrate arcload support into debian-installer. I think it cannot generate tftp images yet, so a solution for that is needed. Also, we have to answer the question whether we should move all SGI machines over to arcload or whether some stay should with arcboot. - Integrate Octane support into debian-installer. (Once the arcload issue has been sorted out, the rest should be easy.) - Be willing to test and maintain Octane support in Debian. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
