[CentOS-devel] [CentOS-announce] Release for CentOS Linux 7 (1804) on POWER9 (ppc64le)

2018-08-15 20:26 GMT+02:00 James O'Connor <jpoc at linux.vnet.ibm.com>:

> I am pleased to announce the general availability of CentOS Linux 7 (1804)
> for POWER9 processors (ppc64le - powerpc 64-bit little endian). This
> release is derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 ALT.
>
> Note this release is 99% equivalent to the existing CentOS 7 Linux 7
> (1804) for POWER8 processors (ppc64le - powerpc 64-bit little endian). The
> key difference being that kernel-4.14.0 is used for POWER9 enablement and
> kernel-3.10.0 is used for POWER8 enablement.
>
> You will find the CentOS 7 (1804) Power9 installation images here:
>
> http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7.5.1804/isos/power9/
>
> sha256sum power9:
> 753c5b55c9ff681c925ec7d7c5295890284f40ec981f4da35b1f36f1ecbad95a
> CentOS-7-Power9-Everything-1804.iso
> 58d9af172656db71947b5db2d0d1f577217bbc1a86eada7ca3ce7bfcf7d7d9b4
> CentOS-7-Power9-NetInstall-1804.iso
>
> CentOS 7 (1804) Power9 repositories:
> http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7.5.1804/os/power9/
> http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7.5.1804/updates/power9/
> http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7.5.1804/extras/power9/
>
> A special thank you to Johnny Hughes and Pablo Greco for their assistance
> making this release possible.
>


This is a great news.
Can we have a power9 arch repo in http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/virt/
as well?
I guess other SIGs are in same situation.






>
> -James O’Connor
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