"Rolf Brudeseth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for the feedback. I will limit this e-mail to CHRP machines. Before > we get into the technical issues; my question is: Has there been a > conscious decision to make Woody support the RS6000/pSeries CHRP systems?
No idea. > SuSE work on well on many of these machines. If Debian has leveraged of the > SuSE work and applied this hardware support to Woody, then there is no need > for me to volunteer my help. Again, not being a CHRP porter or having any familiarity with the hardware, no idea. > However, based on a few observations I tend to doubt that. First, > there is no RS6000/pSeries CHRP install documentation that I can > find available from Debian. That doesn't necessarily mean anything. Have you looked at http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/ on the CHRP page to see what it says is supported? > Second, there is only one set of boot-floppies for the CHRP > platform. I am in the process of compiling the Linux kernel and I > see that one has to specify the processor type; thus, one would have > separate images for 7450, POWER3, POWER4, etc. In that case, I can rule out right now that we can support it in Woody. No new packages are being included in woody, and you would need the new kernel-image-* packages for this. Furthermore, I'm not willing to make a change this drastic at this late date for Woody. > Third, the rescue floppy does not appear to be in the ELF format. > > I have some experience in software development; however, I have limited > knowledge of how to compile the Linux kernel and build boot/root images. I > have been reading various FAQs and HOWTOs and I am slowly making progress. > However, if Debian wants to support the RS6000/pSeries, I can help by > testing the images on various machines and forward technical questions to > the internal Linux group. I am not sure filing a bug with Debian will help > if nobody is actively working on adding RS6000/pSeries support. > > Unfortunately, I am not in a positions to send you any hardware; however, > do you know if there a person with Debian that is focusing on adding > support to the RS6000/pSeries CHRP systems. If there is, then I could work > with that person. Am I better off broadcasting this in the PPC mailing > list? Yes. I've CC'd the list. > I would also like to point out that this is not an IBM sponsored effort. I > just want to help Debian on a personal level. No problem, and thanks for your ideas and clear exposition of what would have to be done. -- ...Adam Di Carlo..<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...<URL:http://www.onshored.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
