[CentOS-devel] CentOS-7 i686 Spin

[Karanbir Singh]

On 06/24/2014 12:59 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> We are going to try to build a full i686 tree.  This will happen after
> we do the full release of the actual CentOS-7 x86_64 GA, since RHEL-7
> does not have an i686 spin.
> 
> There is a full i686 kernel in the i686 tree at this point, but it has
> not been tested, and we won't actually test it until after the CentOS-7
> release happens, but the source and binary for the full i686 kernel are
> available in the build repos here:
> 
> http://buildlogs.centos.org/c7.00.02/kernel/20140529190808/3.10.0-121.el7.i386/
> 
> We are not completely sure exactly where this full i686 tree will live
> yet in the CentOS infrastructure (ie, in /7/os/i686/ OR in a SIG repo)
> since it is not in RHEL-7.  All things that the board will need to decide.
> 
> But, I did want to make sure people know this is on our agenda .. and if
> there are people that want to help this along, they can get all the mock
> configs and try to compose a tree, etc, from mock local builds.  If
> things don't build and need patches, then those same people can work on
> that as well.  This list can certainly be used by those same community
> members to discuss or collaborate that build.
> 
> If noone does it here, then I will start on it after we get CentOS-7 GA
> and Zero Day update released, on the trees and the initial issues fixed,
> etc.

I was talking to Adreas ( who did a bulk of the initial work on the i686
stack ) - he's still commited to doing the rest of the work and
finishing / owning that as a starting block.

fairly sure he wont mind an extra hand, or a dozen.

> Along with this i686 ARCH, we will be doing a ppc64, armv7hl (32-bit),
> and likely (maybe) ppc (32-bit) and armv8<something> (64-bit) arches.
> 
> I will announce again on this list when we get closer to actually doing
> things with code and/or start building those arches.
> 
> Thanks,
> Johnny Hughes
>  
> 
> 
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