Re: [CentOS-devel] CentOS for IBM LinuxONE / IBM System Z

-- FuLong Wang fulong.wang@cn.ibm.com IBM China Systems Lab, Beijing, China _______________________________________________ On 3/19/20 22:28, David Edelsohn wrote: > Hi, Jim > > The resources is not a problem. I had allocated two raw z/VMs at > Marist in 2018 and the developer was working on it until told to stop. > > The challenge is a person knowledgeable with CentOS bootstrap and s390x. > > Thanks, David > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:21 AM Jim Perrin jperrin@centos.org wrote: >> Part of the challenge around this has been in "how to get resources". >> We're in the process of trying to get access to some Z-series gear, for >> a variety of technical detail minutia it's taking a little while. I'm >> happy to discuss this off-list. >> >> On 3/19/20 7:05 AM, Troy Dawson wrote: >>> Thanks for the clarification. >>> And thanks to FuLong, and any others helping in this effort. >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 6:41 AM David Edelsohn dje.gcc@gmail.com wrote: >>>> Sorry, I replied to the wrong thread. >>>> >>>> FuLong is trying to restart the CentOS on s390x effort and we are >>>> trying to determine the technical steps to initiate a bootstrap. I >>>> reported the plan from 2018. >>>> >>>> Thanks, David >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 9:36 AM Troy Dawson tdawson@redhat.com wrote: >>>>> What does this mean? >>>>> Does this mean we aren't going to do a s390x for CentOS 8? >>>>> Does it mean we are going to do it, and have a plan? >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 6:26 AM David Edelsohn dje.gcc@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>> From: Karanbir Singh kbsingh@centos.org >>>>>> To: David Edelsohn edelsohn@us.ibm.com >>>>>> Date: 05/17/2018 11:17 PM >>>>>> Subject: Re: CentOS on Z-Series >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi David, >>>>>> >>>>>> We wont need ClefOS to do the bootstrap, we'd want to do it the same way >>>>>> as we did the power bringup and the arm-server etc just to keep the >>>>>> baseline intact and work from there up. >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- >>>>>> >>>>>> The plan from the IBMer who had bootstrapped CentOS on PPC64LE Linux was: >>>>>> >>>>>> I just spoke a bit with Jim Perrins (Evolution on irc) and got the go >>>>>> ahead to use ClefOS to speed up the bootstrap. I think I’ll stop >>>>>> asking questions and get to work quietly before Karanbir Singh tells >>>>>> me I have to use old Fedora 19 s390x rpms to bootstrap and build >>>>>> everything from CentOS 7.0 -> 7.1 -> 7.2 -> 7.3 -> 7.4 -> 7.5 >>>>>> >>>>>> I will build CentOS 7.5.1804 s390x/s390 will a small backing of ClefOS >>>>>> rpms, and then rebuild CentOS 7.5.1804 s390x/s390 cleanly with itself. >>>>>> At some point I”ll need to get the LinuxOne VMs reinstalled with my >>>>>> CentOS code for the final rebuild and then turn things over to CentOS >>>>>> guys to gpg sign and publish. >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- >>>>>> >>>>>> The IBMer then was instructed to not help Z. And the CentOS work >>>>>> never was staffed within IBM. >>>>>> >>>>>> - David >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 3:49 AM FuLong Wang fulwang@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote: >>>>>>> Hello Everyone, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm from IBM China Development Team and I'm working on a new initiative that plan to enable a "minimized" or "full" CentOS operating system on IBM LinuxONE / IBM System Z (s390x architect). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The reason why we start this topic is we are trying to contribute to the RDO community with our OpenStack build on LInuxONE. >>>>>>> We have successfully finished the build job for OpenStack Train Version on LinuxONE and passed the basic function verification tests recently. >>>>>>> Now, we already have a link for worldwide users & fans to reference for their needs. >>>>>>> For "official official" contributing to the RDO community, community admin stated that a TripleO CI env is a must for community release criteria and >>>>>>> the OpenStack packages need to be built in the CentOS build system which run on s390x arch. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So, we turn to here for help, we know CentOS community ever had releases for s390x arch but for whatever reasons finally stopped for update. >>>>>>> We want to take this opportunity to enable it up again and therefore >>>>>>> want to know about the overall processes, skills required, hardware requirements, manpowers and duration estimated and which parts need IBM's team's input, etc. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Our target is to enable at least a "minimized" CentOS (which can support the OpenStack CI work), is there a SIG fit for this purpose? or a "full" CentOS with default feature sets. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Could anybody kindly give us some clue to start this journey? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks everyone in advance! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The Howto of OpenStack Train Installation on IBM LinuxONE had been merged to the RDO official website. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.rdoproject.org/install/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> FuLong Wang >>>>>>> fulong.wang@cn.ibm.com >>>>>>> IBM China Systems Lab, Beijing, China >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> CentOS-devel mailing list >>>>>>> CentOS-devel@centos.org >>>>>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> CentOS-devel mailing list >>>>>> CentOS-devel@centos.org >>>>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> CentOS-devel mailing list >>>>> CentOS-devel@centos.org >>>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CentOS-devel mailing list >>>> CentOS-devel@centos.org >>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS-devel mailing list >>> CentOS-devel@centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel >>> >> -- >> Jim Perrin >> The CentOS Project | http://www.centos.org >> twitter: @BitIntegrity | GPG Key: FA09AD77 >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS-devel mailing list >> CentOS-devel@centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel