From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E4FA138454 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:01:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 99E8021C007; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:01:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f177.google.com (mail-wi0-f177.google.com [209.85.212.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37AF4E0854; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:01:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wicge5 with SMTP id ge5so60123301wic.0; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 05:01:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=lKAP/PfzJIZh5n911C2D2qKKg+/zRwOclm35VrMxgWc=; b=YNwQ69LmHQv+RjskhFhhw0VcWnEoBzny1WsI94osciIqevTEatl8RaeK6uWwWWC6q0 fpDYeeVIxfHGl/jF0N160WlG2gvuHkYa16X4iciOqZIoWCyZaSmYqAigFPZ5JAHblN9Y JHFvut74OutG4SfbCQOJxNuB9NXTBMdqpSKaKEHuI46ikGI6GK+7bhK5/adhvbYMZDl7 f6jjXG1bXKTE9DUHhKYudBlVTMaMdVwW0rghJzGBhEPkA9gW5XctohiDU5KLY6GuhtUm VzEHdaFDX0FVVxIutYMy2hjcymEuLwZjee6P+tOOaUHoZ9F+/jdWqL3fyBSA6yfp8XDS T4bw== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo on PowerPC X-BeenThere: gentoo-powerpc@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-powerpc@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.85.114 with SMTP id g18mr24280688wjz.68.1441972868018; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 05:01:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.27.136.194 with HTTP; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 05:01:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <55CB041D.8040301@gentoo.org> References: <20150811104937.089235f7@red.yakaraplc.local> <55CA07B6.5000905@gentoo.org> <55CA0A91.7020000@gentoo.org> <20150812035001.GE9481@vapier> <20150812074716.GA23037@vapier> <55CB041D.8040301@gentoo.org> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 20:01:07 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: [gentoo-powerpc] Re: [gentoo-dev] Introduce ppc64le architecture into gentoo ! please share your comments From: Leno Hou To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, gentoo-powerpc@lists.gentoo.org, "Anthony G. Basile" , Mike Frysinger Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bfd066892f572051f77787f X-Archives-Salt: 3d4ea857-900c-4031-b6f7-b5ebd3314b0c X-Archives-Hash: 294ef91b572e0e991d72098728814698 --047d7bfd066892f572051f77787f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Anthony G. Basile wrote: > On 8/12/15 3:47 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > >> >> 4. I would like become a developer of porting gentoo on ppc64le. Anyone >>> could help/mentor me to join this project ? >>> >> ideally someone on the ppc side would pick you up, but i think they've >> been >> a bit of a skeleton team of late. so if need be, i can help you here. >> > > I can help out here. See in my mail > > > **Most importantly, Any Ideas/steps of how to porting gentoo on ppc64le >>> architecture?** >>> >> do you have hardware ? then it's simply a matter of booting Gentoo in it >> and >> filing/fixing bugs :). >> -mike >> > We should also start building stage3s. > > > -- > Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. > Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened] > E-Mail : blueness@gentoo.org > GnuPG FP : 1FED FAD9 D82C 52A5 3BAB DC79 9384 FA6E F52D 4BBA > GnuPG ID : F52D4BBA > > > Appreciated your efforts and comments. 1. We've successfully compiled stage 3 for ppc64le. The stage 3 covers most useful functionalities: - GNU tool chains. e.g. automake, autoconf, gcc & glibc. - Normally use Portage, e.g. emerge, ebuild & python - Normally chroot in this stage 3. - Not included linux kernel & bootloader yet. 2. We believe to make Gentoo support ppc64le, we still need to compile kernel and bootloader - Which version of kernel provided by Gentoo would you suggest us to use? As to Ubuntu, there will be many patches to make the kernel workable, so how to patch our Gentoo kernel to make it work for ppc64le? - Which version of grub suitable for ppc64le ? Is there any patches to ppc64le grub ? 3. When the gentoo we make out workable on ppc64le, we would like to know the process of making it officially supported by Gentoo community - For each arch, do we have a subteam to verify the packages? If so, how to reach these guys? - For hardware environment, does anyone have Power8 systems ? -Leno Hou --047d7bfd066892f572051f77787f Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Anthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org> wrote:
On 8/12/15 3:47 AM, Mike= Frysinger wrote:

4.=C2=A0 I would like become a developer of porting gentoo on ppc64le.=C2= =A0 Anyone
could help/mentor me to join this project ?
ideally someone on the ppc side would pick you up, but i think they've = been
a bit of a skeleton team of late.=C2=A0 so if need be, i can help you here.=

I can help out here.
See in my mail =C2=A0


**Most importantly, Any Ideas/steps of how to=C2=A0 porting gentoo on=C2=A0= ppc64le
architecture?**
do you have hardware ?=C2=A0 then it's simply a matter of booting Gento= o in it and
filing/fixing bugs :).
-mike
 We should also start building stage3s.

--
Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D.
Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened]
E-Mail=C2=A0 =C2=A0 : blueness@gentoo.org
GnuPG FP=C2=A0 : 1FED FAD9 D82C 52A5 3BAB=C2=A0 DC79 9384 FA6E F52D 4BBA GnuPG ID=C2=A0 : F52D4BBA


=C2=A0
Appreciated your effort= s and comments. =C2=A0

1.=C2=A0 We've successfully compiled stage 3 for =C2= =A0ppc64le. The stage 3 covers most useful functionalities:
  • GNU tool chains. e.g. automake, autoconf, gcc &= ; glibc.
  • Normally use Portage, e.g. emerge, ebuild & python
  • Normally chroot in this stage 3.
  • Not included linux kernel &am= p; bootloader yet.
2. We believe to mak= e Gentoo support ppc64le, we still need to compile kernel and bootloader
  • Which version of kernel provided by G= entoo would you suggest us to use?
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 As to Ubuntu, there will be many patches to make the kernel workable, s= o how to patch
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 our Gentoo kernel =C2=A0to make it work for ppc64le?
  • Which version of grub suitable for ppc64le ?=C2=A0= Is there any patches to ppc64le grub ?=C2=A0
3. When the gentoo we make out workable on ppc64le, we would l= ike to know the process of=C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2= =A0 making it officially supported by Gentoo community
  • For each arch, do we have a subteam to verify the packa= ges? If so, how to reach these guys?
  • For hardware environment, does= anyone have Power8 systems ?=C2=A0

-Leno Hou
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