[CentOS-devel] c7-ppc64 (big endian) progress

[Timo Schöler]

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On 07/29/2015 12:16 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> On 28/07/15 14:21, Nuno Fernandes wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm more interested on using a centos brand linux. I would prefer
>> to help creating such a distro than using one that i don't know
>> how it's being made, mantained, monitored, etc.
>> 
>> If for some reason i start using your distribution and later on
>> your company is bought and stops being mantained and shipping it
>> i'm in the dark...
>> 
>> Is there a PPC64 Sig out there?
> 
> yes!
> 
> We are getting things together ( well, I just wrote up what should
> be an announcement to go out in the next few days ).
> 
> We've got a PoC done for both BE and LE ppc64 - the ppc multilib
> stuff needs some level of attention, but we will find out about
> that soon.
> 
> There are a few ways to get involved, either shadow the builds on
> your own hardware - or work through build fails in the central
> service, helping rectify things. You can also help with testing the
> distro ( including the installer ), and most importantly, you can
> help with docs around the project, the code, and how other people
> can get involved as well.
> 
> As a free win, it would be great to see a group of people help
> bridge the SIG content from x86 over to these arch's as well - but
> we are a few miles away from having a usable base first.

Is there a possibility to keep older hardware supported as well, maybe
with some kind of "CentOS plus Kernel"?

RHEL 7 dropped support for Power6 and Power5, while Fedora still runs
on them. Pretty decent hardware.

Could help on this, I got a bunch of Power 5 machines, even in 19" forma
t.

Best,

Timo
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