[CentOS-devel] CentOS for IBM Mainframes.

Hi James,

Please to meet you, and happy to know that there are people who are
also interested in porting CentOS to s390x arquitecture.

Let me know if there is something I can start contributing once a we
have a definition on how IBM will work with the community on this
interesting project.

Thanks for your attention.

Best Regards,
Javier Romero




2018-02-22 12:09 GMT-03:00 James O'Connor <jpoc at linux.vnet.ibm.com>:
> Hi Javier,
>
> I bootstrapped the CentOS power ports and would be happy to help bootstrap s390x with s390 multilib. I am also a current member of the CentOS AltArch SIG.
>
> -James
>
>> On Feb 21, 2018, at 9:55 AM, Javier Romero <xavinux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> David,
>>
>> Great news!  I'd like to help on this.
>>
>> Any other community members of the AltArch-SIG that maybe could be nterested in contributing on this project?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> El 21 feb. 2018 11:12 a. m., "David Edelsohn" <dje.gcc at gmail.com> escribió:
>> I inquired a little more about IBM interest in CentOS. If the CentOS
>> Community would like to support CentOS, IBM would like to help. It
>> would be great if the ClefOS port for Z could be folded back into
>> CentOS.
>>
>> Thanks, David
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 3:22 PM, Javier Romero <xavinux at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Yes, understood.
>> >
>> > Thanks for your answer.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> >
>> > El 20 feb. 2018 4:16 p. m., "David Edelsohn" <dje.gcc at gmail.com> escribió:
>> >
>> > On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 1:57 PM, Javier Romero <xavinux at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi David,
>> >>
>> >>> IBM can and does provide raw z/VM VMs at Marist or Syracuse for other
>> >>> Linux distros, such as Debian.....
>> >>
>> >> Yes, I 've had access to an OpenStack instance on a Z13 Mainframe
>> >> though Marist (testing Docker images on s390x arquitecture for the
>> >> Open Mainframe Project).
>> >
>> > Just to clarify, I am not referring to OpenStack instances of
>> > pre-installed Linux distros at Marist.  With proper justification, IBM
>> > sponsorship, and knowledge about z/VM, one can obtain raw z/VM
>> > accounts.
>> >
>> > Thanks, David
>> >
>> >>
>> >>> If there is a group of CentOS developers who want to bootstrap and
>> >>> maintain it, the resources probably can be made available.....
>> >>
>> >> I'm interested in contirbuting on this.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for your answer.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 2018-02-20 15:40 GMT-03:00 David Edelsohn <dje.gcc at gmail.com>:
>> >>>>>>>> Javier Romero writes:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Is there any chance that IBM donate this hardware for the CentOS
>> >>>> project? Think that will be also useful for that company to have
>> >>>> another Linux distro running on their Z Systems.
>> >>>
>> >>> IBM can and does provide raw z/VM VMs at Marist or Syracuse for other
>> >>> Linux distros, such as Debian. That is what you really need, not
>> >>> "hardware".  The discussion about donating hardware is off track.
>> >>>
>> >>> The Debian support is completely community driven and maintained. If
>> >>> there is a group of CentOS developers who want to bootstrap and
>> >>> maintain it, the resources probably can be made available. If this is
>> >>> a request for IBM to enable CentOS on IBMz, that is an orthogonal
>> >>> discussion about IBM resources and likely would require IBM customer
>> >>> demand.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks, David
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