I am pleased to announce the general availability of CentOS Linux 7 (1611) for AArch64/ARM64 machines.
== Changes The kernel has been rebased from 4.2.0 to 4.5.0, and includes several patches recently merged into the upstream. The kernel patches and modifications can be found at https://git.centos.org/summary/sig-altarch!kernel.git in the sig-altarch7-aarch64 branch.
== Download You can download new images and isos via http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/aarch64/
Images and sha256sums: 1513f5325accfd32ac7973a9b24e401c829ece24da78e24d021e507e877f930e CentOS-7-aarch64-Everything.iso f7ae6bae6c2cc177134d7f8f3808e0f457537c4cd48a119620f50d18ff7bb908 CentOS-7-aarch64.img.xz 48776338f8c8994a9499f07e3af847253cf7235c6aac635a8418a2028ec675cf CentOS-7-aarch64-NetInstall.iso f7ae6bae6c2cc177134d7f8f3808e0f457537c4cd48a119620f50d18ff7bb908 CentOS-7-aarch64-rolling.img.xz 238b1ebf22a0ff894064e6ed2ac35ee02a6503657a40ad51f2eee7afc8229e75 CentOS-7-aarch64-rootfs-7.3.1611.tar.xz
== Known Issues 1. Mustang based boards must be on the most recent firmware version, otherwise the network may lose connectivity when using 4.5.0-19+ based kernels. Please ensure your hardware is running the most recent firmware available to avoid network issues.
2. Merlin based boards should be on the most recent firmware version, in order to take full advantage of recent kernel improvements.
3. Some ThunderX based boards have been reported to have MAC address inconsistency when using older firmware versions. Please make sure you have the most recent firmware applied to your hardware to avoid network issues.
I got a stupid question. I see an image file in that list. Is it tailored for these chips?
* Applied Micro X-Gene * AMD Opteron A1100 * Cavium ThunderX
I haven’t used these, I just pulled the names from the AArch64 page (https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/AArch64). No idea what a Qualcomm QDF2432 is, or a Merlin-based board.
On 4 Jan 2017, at 17:45, Jim Perrin jperrin@centos.org wrote:
I am pleased to announce the general availability of CentOS Linux 7 (1611) for AArch64/ARM64 machines.
== Changes The kernel has been rebased from 4.2.0 to 4.5.0, and includes several patches recently merged into the upstream. The kernel patches and modifications can be found at https://git.centos.org/summary/sig-altarch!kernel.git in the sig-altarch7-aarch64 branch.
== Download You can download new images and isos via http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/aarch64/
Images and sha256sums: 1513f5325accfd32ac7973a9b24e401c829ece24da78e24d021e507e877f930e CentOS-7-aarch64-Everything.iso f7ae6bae6c2cc177134d7f8f3808e0f457537c4cd48a119620f50d18ff7bb908 CentOS-7-aarch64.img.xz 48776338f8c8994a9499f07e3af847253cf7235c6aac635a8418a2028ec675cf CentOS-7-aarch64-NetInstall.iso f7ae6bae6c2cc177134d7f8f3808e0f457537c4cd48a119620f50d18ff7bb908 CentOS-7-aarch64-rolling.img.xz 238b1ebf22a0ff894064e6ed2ac35ee02a6503657a40ad51f2eee7afc8229e75 CentOS-7-aarch64-rootfs-7.3.1611.tar.xz
== Known Issues
- Mustang based boards must be on the most recent firmware version,
otherwise the network may lose connectivity when using 4.5.0-19+ based kernels. Please ensure your hardware is running the most recent firmware available to avoid network issues.
- Merlin based boards should be on the most recent firmware version, in
order to take full advantage of recent kernel improvements.
- Some ThunderX based boards have been reported to have MAC address
inconsistency when using older firmware versions. Please make sure you have the most recent firmware applied to your hardware to avoid network issues.
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On 01/04/2017 03:36 PM, Nick Hardiman wrote:
I got a stupid question. I see an image file in that list. Is it tailored for these chips?
- Applied Micro X-Gene
- AMD Opteron A1100
- Cavium ThunderX
Yup.
I haven’t used these, I just pulled the names from the AArch64 page (https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/AArch64). No idea what a Qualcomm QDF2432 is, or a Merlin-based board.
Merlin is another chip from Applied Micro in the X-Gene series. The Qualcomm QDF2432 is another AArch64 SoC aimed at the server market. (http://www.cnx-software.com/2016/12/08/qualcomm-starts-sampling-of-qualcomm-... )
On 4 Jan 2017, at 17:45, Jim Perrin jperrin@centos.org wrote:
I am pleased to announce the general availability of CentOS Linux 7 (1611) for AArch64/ARM64 machines.
== Changes The kernel has been rebased from 4.2.0 to 4.5.0, and includes several patches recently merged into the upstream. The kernel patches and modifications can be found at https://git.centos.org/summary/sig-altarch!kernel.git in the sig-altarch7-aarch64 branch.
== Download You can download new images and isos via http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/aarch64/
Images and sha256sums: 1513f5325accfd32ac7973a9b24e401c829ece24da78e24d021e507e877f930e CentOS-7-aarch64-Everything.iso f7ae6bae6c2cc177134d7f8f3808e0f457537c4cd48a119620f50d18ff7bb908 CentOS-7-aarch64.img.xz 48776338f8c8994a9499f07e3af847253cf7235c6aac635a8418a2028ec675cf CentOS-7-aarch64-NetInstall.iso f7ae6bae6c2cc177134d7f8f3808e0f457537c4cd48a119620f50d18ff7bb908 CentOS-7-aarch64-rolling.img.xz 238b1ebf22a0ff894064e6ed2ac35ee02a6503657a40ad51f2eee7afc8229e75 CentOS-7-aarch64-rootfs-7.3.1611.tar.xz
== Known Issues
- Mustang based boards must be on the most recent firmware version,
otherwise the network may lose connectivity when using 4.5.0-19+ based kernels. Please ensure your hardware is running the most recent firmware available to avoid network issues.
- Merlin based boards should be on the most recent firmware version, in
order to take full advantage of recent kernel improvements.
- Some ThunderX based boards have been reported to have MAC address
inconsistency when using older firmware versions. Please make sure you have the most recent firmware applied to your hardware to avoid network issues.
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On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 11:45:51AM -0600, Jim Perrin wrote:
== Download You can download new images and isos via http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/aarch64/
It's been a while since I built out our X-Gene aarch64 devel box.
On my x64 boxes, I can easily get to 7.3 with a 'yum update' type of procedure.
Is this not an available option for aarch64? I don't see an updated kernel in the 'updates' dir. Do I really have to rebuild from scratch or am I missing something?
Thanks!
On 01/05/2017 02:09 PM, Jeremiah Rothschild wrote:
On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 11:45:51AM -0600, Jim Perrin wrote:
== Download You can download new images and isos via http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/aarch64/
It's been a while since I built out our X-Gene aarch64 devel box.
On my x64 boxes, I can easily get to 7.3 with a 'yum update' type of procedure.
Is this not an available option for aarch64? I don't see an updated kernel in the 'updates' dir. Do I really have to rebuild from scratch or am I missing something?
It sounds like you're missing something. It should be a simple 'yum update', provided you have updated the firmware to the latest version. Currently the new kernel would be in the base repository, as the symlink for /7/ has shifted to 7.3.1611 rather than 7.2.1603. If you're using a local mirror, you may need to make sure it's syncing properly.
On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 02:40:24PM -0600, Jim Perrin wrote:
On 01/05/2017 02:09 PM, Jeremiah Rothschild wrote:
On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 11:45:51AM -0600, Jim Perrin wrote:
== Download You can download new images and isos via http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/aarch64/
It's been a while since I built out our X-Gene aarch64 devel box.
On my x64 boxes, I can easily get to 7.3 with a 'yum update' type of procedure.
Is this not an available option for aarch64? I don't see an updated kernel in the 'updates' dir. Do I really have to rebuild from scratch or am I missing something?
It sounds like you're missing something. It should be a simple 'yum update', provided you have updated the firmware to the latest version. Currently the new kernel would be in the base repository, as the symlink for /7/ has shifted to 7.3.1611 rather than 7.2.1603. If you're using a local mirror, you may need to make sure it's syncing properly.
Thanks. I think you're right that my local repos need fixed up.
That said, it is difficult to find the aarch64 bits hosted on a mirror over rsync. Typically the mirrors only host the x86_64 platform.
I had a working rsync mirror, that I pulled from this mailing list in the past, but it no longer works (rsync://mirrors.coreix.net).
I will hack something together with wget but if there is an rsync resource then I'd love to know about it.
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