Hi, Jim The resources is not a problem. I had allocated two raw z/VMs at Marist in 2018 and the developer was working on it until told to stop. The challenge is a person knowledgeable with CentOS bootstrap and s390x. Thanks, David On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:21 AM Jim Perrin <jperrin at centos.org> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel