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 at 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 at 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 at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh at centos.org> >>>> To: David Edelsohn <edelsohn at 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 at 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 at cn.ibm.com >>>>> IBM China Systems Lab, Beijing, China >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> CentOS-devel mailing list >>>>> CentOS-devel at centos.org >>>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CentOS-devel mailing list >>>> CentOS-devel at centos.org >>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS-devel mailing list >>> CentOS-devel at centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS-devel mailing list >> CentOS-devel at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel > -- Jim Perrin The CentOS Project | http://www.centos.org twitter: @BitIntegrity | GPG Key: FA09AD77