[CentOS-devel] CentOS ppc64le hypervisor support

[Karanbir Singh]

On 13/01/16 17:04, James O'Connor wrote:
> 
>> On Jan 13, 2016, at 3:14 AM, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote:
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>> On 12/01/16 17:17, James O'Connor wrote:
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>>>> On Jan 12, 2016, at 8:11 AM, James Nash <jjnash at us.ibm.com> wrote:
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>>>> Is there a list of "supported" methods for deployment of CentOS 7.2 on Power8? I know folks with VMs behind VIO servers with PowerVM. I understand VMs under PowerKVM with OPAL are also supported. Any ideas on bare metal CentOS under OPAL, Power8 with either latest firmware levels (FW840 or OP810)?
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>>> The correct answer is that if it’s supported in RHEL 7.2 ppc64le, then it’s supported by CentOS 7 1511 ppc64le.
>>>
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>> technically, nothing is 'supported' on CentOS. I wonder if we can find a
>> better word to communicate that.
>>
> 
> I knew I was going to regret using ‘supported’ as soon as I clicked send :)
> 
> So let me revise:
> 
> The correct answer is that if it’s supported in RHEL 7.2 ppc64le, then it should work in CentOS 7 1511 ppc64le. And if CentOS 7 1511 ppc64le doesn’t work, then offer to step in and help fix it :)

btw, the most popular download for CentOS Linux is the minimal install
iso - you should consider doing one for ppc* as well.


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