I would like to announce the general availability of the following CentOS AltArch 7 Releases:
* CentOS AltArch 7 (1511) for i686 * CentOS AltArch UserLand 7 (1511) for Armhfp * CentOS AltArch 7 (1511) for PowerPC64 (TechPreview) * CentOS AltArch 7 (1511) for PowerPC8 LE (TechPreview)
We anticipate CentOS AltArch 7 (1511) for Aarch64 will be ready for release within the coming days, and will be announced independently.
The CentOS AltArch SIG is a group of people working to build alternative architecture support derived from CentOS Linux's sources. You can find more details about the AltArch group at https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch including details on how to get involved and ways to get help for architecture specific issues.
Releases under the AltArch SIG are hosted at http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/ and available from external mirrors via rsync, http, ftp as usual, however under the /altarch/ path. Yum configs shipped in the altarch builds points at mirror.centos.org instead of mirrorlist or the external mirrors, as we are still working through the mechanics to facilitate the wider mirrorlist process. We hope to have this in place within the next 2 months, and updates to the yum configs will be issued, when ready, via an updated centos-release rpm.
We are hosting a CentOS Dojo in Brussels, Belgium on the 29th Jan 2016. Lots of the key people working on the AltArch builds will be present there and it would be a great forum to engage with these groups. You can get the details for the event at https://wiki.centos.org/Events/Dojo/Brussels2016 including the registration links.
In order to bootstrap these builds, we have turned on direct downloads of this content from mirror.centos.org. We do encourage people with the capacity to help seed with external mirrors. Details on howto run a CentOS Mirror are available at https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CreatePublicMirrors
A key part of our AltArch plans is to make resources available to all the other SIG's in the CentOS environment, so they are able to build, test, deliver their content for these architectures. We are working on setting things up, and hope to start rolling out altarch support for https://cbs.centos.org/ in the first quarter of 2016. If you are engaged in any of the SIGs and would like to find out more details, please come along to our buildsystems meeting that takes place on Mondays in #centos-devel on irc.freenode.net. Details on this meeting and the other SIG meetings can be found in our community meetings calendar published at https://www.centos.org/community/calendar/ .
Bug reports and feedback about specific packages should be filed at https://bugs.centos.org/ against the relevant package name, for project CentOS Linux 7, in the same manner as you would for x86_64. However, do mention the architecture as applicable.
-------- CentOS AltArch 7 (1511) for i686 : This architecture build supports 32-bit Intel/AMD x86 machines and 32 bit IOT x86 boards.
SIG Notes: https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/i386
* CentOS-7-i386-DVD-1511.iso sha256sum : 6af64d8371ed8fb95a56c99530f0dc3eb287e58f72c009c686db0fb80c39f83f direct link : http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/i386/CentOS-7-i386-DVD-1511.iso
* CentOS-7-i386-Everything-1511.iso sha256sum : 918e0ade9f642c93531c414defeecfc9b2c2a9589d57642d690e46e42b0af82a direct link : http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/i386/CentOS-7-i386-Everything-1511.i...
* CentOS-7-i386-LiveGNOME-1511.iso sha256sum : a03af3c7f6c75c74e1da5d1551ceaf5922427762c5cd6503f4f5e972737134ed direct link : http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/i386/CentOS-7-i386-LiveGNOME-1511.is...
* CentOS-7-i386-LiveKDE-1511.iso sha256sum : 9fdef81423b872c361bac3ac55718822b4420de1645a4da8d7a255ae500965fc direct link : http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/i386/CentOS-7-i386-LiveKDE-1511.iso
* CentOS-7-i386-Minimal-1511.iso sha256sum : df6edebec370bdee59e67eb70fab7ddc2fcf4c437803ca9e3213552b3908c4e1 direct link : http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/i386/CentOS-7-i386-Minimal-1511.iso
* CentOS-7-i386-NetInstall-1511.iso sha256sum : b106a0c13c86db86aaf821b66da1119063479e8776b8711dbbd35042b16bfd6d direct link : http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/i386/CentOS-7-i386-NetInstall-1511.i...
-------- CentOS AltArch UserLand 7 (1511) for Armhfp : This architecture build delivers support for ARMv7hl devices including the Raspberry pi2, Cubie Truck, Bananapi and similar hardware.
SIG Notes: https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/Arm32
The armhfp build is delivered as a userland build, implying that kernel and bootloader delivered is not derived from the CentOS Linux 7 distro, but comes from either an upstream kernel.org mainline kernel or is a vendor supported kernel for their own hardware piece. As such, the Armhfp build does not aim to deliver a complete feature set, and is labelled as a UserLand release. There are also no installer images delivered for this architecture. The images shipped are ready to run and are board specific. While there is plenty of desktop and X related support available, our focus for these builds has been towards the server and IoT roles.
We have a dedicated mailing list for the ARM ports ( both Armhfp and Aarch64 ) at https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev ; questions specific to these builds and images should be posted there.
* CentOS-Userland-7-armv7hl-Minimal-1511-BananaPi.img.xz sha256sum : d461144b471434a275268e85828def38c09e265da24b71d2f10771d264532368 direct link : http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/armhfp/CentOS-Userland-7-armv7hl-Min...
* CentOS-Userland-7-armv7hl-Minimal-1511-CubieTruck.img.xz sha256sum : 17c3944429ac323c636ee955062d8177219f397fea4416dca87ca19092b646ec direct link : http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/armhfp/CentOS-Userland-7-armv7hl-Min...
*CentOS-Userland-7-armv7hl-Minimal-1511-RaspberryPi2.img.xz sha256sum : 05e8c58cd837b90c0ab423b3730ee20ad185e19f346f531d3717c51358ea72cf direct link : http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/armhfp/CentOS-Userland-7-armv7hl-Min...
-------- CentOS AltArch 7 (1511) for PowerPC64 (TechPreview) : This architecture is for 64-bit IBM POWER7 machines using big endian byte ordering. We are marking this as a Tech Preview release, as it needs wider testing before it can be adopted as a GA release.
SIG Notes: https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/ppc64
* CentOS-7-AltArch-ppc64-Everything-1511.iso sha256sum : 40ce665db62483a044a6d1a4996b2d5b507eb7f43c5e7846116dbd72e9e64e6a direct link : http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/ppc64/CentOS-7-AltArch-ppc64-Everyth...
* CentOS-7-AltArch-ppc64-NetInstall-1511.iso sha256sum : 46715a965f98901fabed13076aba879c32dd51b7bab63fa035b61a5b051f0b04 direct link : http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/ppc64/CentOS-7-AltArch-ppc64-NetInst...
-------- CentOS AltArch 7 (1511) for PowerPC8 LE (TechPreview) : This architecture is for 64-bit IBM POWER8 machines using little endian byte ordering. We are marking this as a Tech Preview release, as it needs wider testing before it can be adopted as a GA release.
SIG Notes: https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/ppc64le
* CentOS-7-AltArch-ppc64le-Everything-1511.iso sha256sum : 713ea707eea4eb75d7ff27648e6e3a4e97738bc3b2b274d1e9dc629fe537a170 direct link : http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/ppc64le/CentOS-7-AltArch-ppc64le-Eve...
* CentOS-7-AltArch-ppc64le-NetInstall-1511.iso sha256sum : fa7c5f504e56ad9115b820b1cf6650e6c20c6ca6224b155ef0c12e1be8e8f666 direct link : http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/ppc64le/CentOS-7-AltArch-ppc64le-Net...
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I'd like to thank everyone involved in this process. We have come a long way down the route from the initial plans of getting the AltArch project bootstrapped, and its only down to the dedciated efforts from the people involved in this process that we are able to deliver support for five new architectures.
I also want to take this opportunity to point out that we run an office hours forum, twice a week. Details are available at https://www.centos.org/community/calendar/#Karanbir_Singh_Office_Hours , please feel free to stop by and say hi. We welcome comments and questions around pretty much anything / everything relevant to the CentOS community.
enjoy!