[gentoo-powerpc] Re: osuosl openstack power8 powerpc64le for gentoo

[gentoo-powerpc] Re: osuosl openstack power8 powerpc64le for gentoo

[Kevin Zhao]

Hi Anthony ,
      Thanks for your updating!
      We are dedicating to make grub working at Gentoo for ppc64le.
Now the Grub can be compiled , but the grub command such as
"grub-config" can not work properly.
      With below link , you can get a livecd of gentoo ppc64le here.We
use the grub binaries available that shipped from Redhat 7.1.
      You can use virt-install or virsh to load the iso.  you can
login with  :  root , password is admin.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2k84p6709AyNjBOX1dfM3RfZU0/view?usp=sharing
       Pls feel free to let me know if you have any question~ Thanks

2016-01-29 7:30 GMT+08:00 Anthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org>:
> Hi everyone,
>
> A couple of weeks ago osuosl gave me access to an openstack account for
> 6 powerpc64le instances.  The system was buggy (and may still be) and it
> took me a while to get used to it, but I've got a gentoo volume ready.
> This is based off of an early image by Kevin Zhao which I cleaned up and
> brought into conformity with Gentoo standards.  I'm almost ready to give
> people access to it but, I don't know what bootloader to use.  I know
> grub should work, but gentoo's grub isn't ready for powerpc64le.
>
> Kevin et al, if you guys have patches for grub, it'll speed things up.
> I want to start giving out accounts on our a new gentoo instance!
>
> --
> 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

[gentoo-powerpc] Re: osuosl openstack power8 powerpc64le for gentoo

[Leno Hou]

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On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 10:28 PM, Anthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org>
wrote:

> On 3/26/16 7:20 AM, Linda Jiang wrote:
> > This is our fresh stage3 or more precisely it more than a stage3 for
> there
> > are some
> > other packages like grub, vim, genkernel even an vmlinux(in /boot)
> inside.
> > So it looks
> > bigger than normal, but more comfort to work with. Hope it could help :)
>
> thanks Linda.
>
> @everyone else on the list, i've been moving slowly on this because of
> time constraints.  i hope in may-ish once the semester is over to
> provide a working ppc64le to the community.
>
>
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 10:28 PM, Anthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org>
 wrote:

> On 3/26/16 7:20 AM, Linda Jiang wrote:
> > This is our fresh stage3 or more precisely it more than a stage3 for
> there
> > are some
> > other packages like grub, vim, genkernel even an vmlinux(in /boot)
> inside.
> > So it looks
> > bigger than normal, but more comfort to work with. Hope it could help :)
>
> thanks Linda.
>
> @everyone else on the list, i've been moving slowly on this because of
> time constraints.  i hope in may-ish once the semester is over to
> provide a working ppc64le to the community.



Hi all,

    To speed up the progress of provide a working ppc64le to the Gentoo
Community.

    We're planning to make gentoo ppc64le to be merged in Q2 due to the
following reason.

1. We're successfully made gentoo stage3 and livecd for ppc64le platform,
please download in below
    [1]  stage3 for ppc64le
<https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8O8TRm4UoiqMC03cVd6NGdnbHc&usp=sharing>
 , *already done*
    [2]  livecd for ppc64le
<https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8O8TRm4UoiqMC03cVd6NGdnbHc&usp=sharing>,
ready for this Weekend( *April 22th*)
2. We've opened  bug#580512 <https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580512> to
request and track some questions/problems related with ppc64le platform
3. We've opened github PRs#1304 <https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/1304> to
merge the portage tree changes which is related to ppc64le platform
4. We've pushed the portage tree changes in github repo named linux-on-power
<https://github.com/linux-on-power/gentoo>

@Anthony, Could you help me to review and merge the patches ?

Thanks in advance and any comments would be appreciated.

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[gentoo-powerpc] Re: osuosl openstack power8 powerpc64le for gentoo

[Leno Hou]

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On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 6:33 PM, Anthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org>
wrote:

>
> >> @everyone else on the list, i've been moving slowly on this because of
> >> time constraints.  i hope in may-ish once the semester is over to
> >> provide a working ppc64le to the community.
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> >     To speed up the progress of provide a working ppc64le to the Gentoo
> > Community.
> >
> >     We're planning to make gentoo ppc64le to be merged in Q2 due to the
> > following reason.
> >
> > 1. We're successfully made gentoo stage3 and livecd for ppc64le platform,
> > please download in below
> >     [1]  stage3 for ppc64le
> > <
> https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8O8TRm4UoiqMC03cVd6NGdnbHc&usp=sharing
> >
> >  , *already done*
> >     [2]  livecd for ppc64le
> > <
> https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8O8TRm4UoiqMC03cVd6NGdnbHc&usp=sharing
> >,
> > ready for this Weekend( *April 22th*)
> > 2. We've opened  bug#580512 <
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580512> to
> > request and track some questions/problems related with ppc64le platform
> > 3. We've opened github PRs#1304 <
> https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/1304> to
> > merge the portage tree changes which is related to ppc64le platform
> > 4. We've pushed the portage tree changes in github repo named
> linux-on-power
> > <https://github.com/linux-on-power/gentoo>
> >
> > @Anthony, Could you help me to review and merge the patches ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance and any comments would be appreciated.
> >
>
>
> The osuosl power8 openstack is hard to work with.  right now i'm
> struggling with why networking doesn't work in a chroot, crippling wget
> and curl while ping works.  otherwise i'd probably have stage3 ppc64le's
> out already.  admittedly until the semester ends, i jsut don't have time.
>
> i did review those patches.  there are problems.
> 1) putting all these changes in one commit makes it impossible to
> selectively commit or revert changes to different packages.
>

Fixed ppc64le configure problem and split into 8 patches. These will be
find in github PRs#1304 <https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/1304> or in
gentoo-dev mail list.

2) the changes to config.sub need to go upstream
>

The package sys-devel/gnuconfig-9999999::gentoo from
https://savanah.gnu.org/projects/config has already fixed the problem with
./config.sub powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu problem

3) package.accept_keywords is not allowed in a profile. it short circuits
> arch testing for keywords and stablereq
>

So currently I'll put the package.accept_keywords into /etc/portage. How to
arch testing for keywords and stablereq?
Did we have auto test framework for arch testing in Gentoo Community?  For
example, Linux Test Project <https://linux-test-project.github.io>( abbrev.
LTP)
If we have some test strategy, anything could I help for this ?

4) you have numerous QA issues. there are still other problems. i would
> start by getting the changes to config.sub upstream to gnuconfig. See
> http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/config
>

For QA issues, *monsieur*  said that "Disregard errors. Stricter QA checks
have been turned on."
For config.sub, also we can change the app-crypt/shash/shash-0.2.6-r2
depends on sys-devel/gnuconfig package

src_prepare() {

+       rm config.sub

+ [ -f "EPREFIX/usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub]" && \

+       ln -s "${EPREFIX}"/usr/share/gnuconfig/config.sub config.sub || die

  epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PV}-manpage-fixes.patch

  epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-binary-files.patch

 }

-Leno Hou

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Re: [gentoo-powerpc] Re: osuosl openstack power8 powerpc64le for gentoo

[Anthony G. Basile]

On 4/19/16 10:31 PM, Leno Hou wrote:
> So currently I'll put the package.accept_keywords into /etc/portage. How to
> arch testing for keywords and stablereq?
> Did we have auto test framework for arch testing in Gentoo Community?  For
> example, Linux Test Project <https://linux-test-project.github.io>( abbrev.
> LTP)
> If we have some test strategy, anything could I help for this ?

you open a bug report and request that a package be keyworded and/or
stablelized and you cc the ppc64 team.  if packages are related you can
open one bug for each

this has nothing to do with the LTP.  That's for testing the kernel and
libc, not for arch testing.  you're confusing two different types of
testing.  package is only marked stable on ppc64 if it, and all its
dependencies work in gentoo.

finally the QA issues can't just be ignored.  if they are false
positives then you identify them as such and act accordingly.  but you
cant just ignore them, eg, if there are missing deps or unstable deps
for a stable pkg, then those QA results much be addressed.

-- 
Anthony G. Basile, Ph. D.
Chair of Information Technology
D'Youville College
Buffalo, NY 14201
(716) 829-8197

Re: [gentoo-powerpc] Re: osuosl openstack power8 powerpc64le for gentoo

[Leno Hou]

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On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Anthony G. Basile <
basile@opensource.dyc.edu> wrote:

> On 4/19/16 10:31 PM, Leno Hou wrote:
> > So currently I'll put the package.accept_keywords into /etc/portage. How
> to
> > arch testing for keywords and stablereq?
> > Did we have auto test framework for arch testing in Gentoo Community?
> For
> > example, Linux Test Project <https://linux-test-project.github.io>(
> abbrev.
> > LTP)
> > If we have some test strategy, anything could I help for this ?
>
> you open a bug report and request that a package be keyworded and/or
> stablelized and you cc the ppc64 team.  if packages are related you can
> open one bug for each
>
>
Thanks for point it out how to arch testing for keywords and stablereq.
1) For *the bugs is related to ppc64le *platform,I have opened bug report
cc'ed you and ppc64 team.  Bug List* [1]*
ID
<https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?f1=reporter&o1=equals&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&v1=%25user%25&order=bug_id&query_based_on=ppc64le>
Product
<https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?f1=reporter&o1=equals&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&v1=%25user%25&order=product%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&query_based_on=ppc64le>
Comp
<https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?f1=reporter&o1=equals&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&v1=%25user%25&order=component%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&query_based_on=ppc64le>
Assignee
<https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?f1=reporter&o1=equals&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&v1=%25user%25&order=assigned_to%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&query_based_on=ppc64le>
Status
<https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?f1=reporter&o1=equals&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&v1=%25user%25&order=bug_status%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&query_based_on=ppc64le>
Resolution
<https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?f1=reporter&o1=equals&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&v1=%25user%25&order=resolution%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&query_based_on=ppc64le>
Summary
<https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?f1=reporter&o1=equals&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&v1=%25user%25&order=short_desc%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&query_based_on=ppc64le>
Changed
<https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?f1=reporter&o1=equals&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&v1=%25user%25&order=changeddate%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&query_based_on=ppc64le>
579216 <https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579216> Gentoo L Eclasses
swegener@gentoo.org UNCO --- app-crypt/shash failed with config.sub on
powerpc64le-unknow-linux-gnu
<https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579216> 2016-04-13
580614 <https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580614> Gentoo L Core sys
bug-wranglers@gentoo.org UNCO --- sys-devel/binutils: enable target
powerpc-linux-gnu for ppc64
<https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580614> 10:03:13
580616 <https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580616> Gentoo L Keywordi
bug-wranglers@gentoo.org UNCO --- dev-libs/libffi-3.0.13-r1: fails to
compile libffi on ppc64le  <https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580616>
10:03:40
580618 <https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580618> Gentoo L Keywordi
bug-wranglers@gentoo.org UNCO --- dev-libs/openssl: fails to compile
openssl version less than 1.0.2d on ppc64le
<https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580618> 10:02:30
580620 <https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580620> Gentoo L GCC Port
bug-wranglers@gentoo.org UNCO --- sys-fs/hfsplusutils: gcc5 fails to
compile hfsplusutils in all platform
<https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580620> 10:14:52
580512 <https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580512> Gentoo R Everythi
release@gentoo.org UNCO --- add support for ppc64le platform
<https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580512>


2) Continuously we'll report more bugs ASAP and feel free to download *ppc64le
livecd**[2]* and *ppc64le stage3* [3]

[1]
https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=runnamed&list_id=3140722&namedcmd=ppc64le
[2] https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8O8TRm4UoiqQUdhVUlwdzJ1SzQ
[3] https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8O8TRm4UoiqMkV2WFJKOFdXMnM

-Leno Hou

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