[gentoo-releng] 2004.3 ppc

[gentoo-releng] 2004.3 ppc

[Pieter Van den Abeele]

Hi,

Just a quick note to let you know PPC 2004.3 is available in the 
~pvdabeel/2004.3 directory.

I will not be able to start building new ppc release media until the 
end of February 2005 because I have to finish my thesis. If the next 
gentoo release could be scheduled after the end of February 2005, that 
would be ideal.

Best regards,

Pieter Van den Abeele


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Re: [gentoo-releng] 2004.3 ppc

[Sven Vermeulen]

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On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 07:07:13AM +0200, Pieter Van den Abeele wrote:
> Just a quick note to let you know PPC 2004.3 is available in the 
> ~pvdabeel/2004.3 directory.

Pieter, 

Some time ago (when you released an RC version of the media) you stated some
additional features of the CD (I remember something of distcc and
zeroconf?). Are these features still in the media?

If they are, could you bring up a summary that can be included in the 2004.3
press release? Or would you rather not have it mentioned over there?

Also, did your doc-guys edit the documentation for the 2004.3 release? I
can't find anything in our draft/ directory which usually contains the
"release-ready" version of the documentation (so we can easily move that
from draft/ to the official location when 2004.3 is released), you might
want to poke them to put it over there.

Wkr,
      Sven Vermeulen

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Re: [gentoo-releng] 2004.3 ppc

[Pieter Van den Abeele]

On 29 Oct 2004, at 12:52, Sven Vermeulen wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 07:07:13AM +0200, Pieter Van den Abeele wrote:
>> Just a quick note to let you know PPC 2004.3 is available in the
>> ~pvdabeel/2004.3 directory.
>
> Pieter,
>
> Some time ago (when you released an RC version of the media) you 
> stated some
> additional features of the CD (I remember something of distcc and
> zeroconf?). Are these features still in the media?

yes

> If they are, could you bring up a summary that can be included in the 
> 2004.3
> press release? Or would you rather not have it mentioned over there?

I'll get to that today.

> Also, did your doc-guys edit the documentation for the 2004.3 release? 
> I
> can't find anything in our draft/ directory which usually contains the
> "release-ready" version of the documentation (so we can easily move 
> that
> from draft/ to the official location when 2004.3 is released), you 
> might
> want to poke them to put it over there.

Ok. I went over the documentation I included myself and everything 
looked fine. (No references to 2004.2 media.) No boot arguments etc 
changed.
I'll cc ppc for the documentation issue.

Pieter

>
> Wkr,
>       Sven Vermeulen
>
> -- 
>   Documentation & PR project leader
>
>   The Gentoo Project   <<< http://www.gentoo.org >>>


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Re: [gentoo-releng] 2004.3 ppc

[Chris Gianelloni]

On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 07:07 +0200, Pieter Van den Abeele wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just a quick note to let you know PPC 2004.3 is available in the 
> ~pvdabeel/2004.3 directory.
> 
> I will not be able to start building new ppc release media until the 
> end of February 2005 because I have to finish my thesis. If the next 
> gentoo release could be scheduled after the end of February 2005, that 
> would be ideal.

Ehh... it is already scheduled for the first week of February.  Is there
someone that you trust that can fill this role instead?

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Release Engineering - Operational/QA Manager
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux

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Re: [gentoo-releng] 2004.3 ppc

[Pieter Van den Abeele]

On 29 Oct 2004, at 15:37, Chris Gianelloni wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 07:07 +0200, Pieter Van den Abeele wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just a quick note to let you know PPC 2004.3 is available in the
>> ~pvdabeel/2004.3 directory.
>>
>> I will not be able to start building new ppc release media until the
>> end of February 2005 because I have to finish my thesis. If the next
>> gentoo release could be scheduled after the end of February 2005, that
>> would be ideal.
>
> Ehh... it is already scheduled for the first week of February.  Is 
> there
> someone that you trust that can fill this role instead?

I think so yes. Let me ask what Pylon thinks.

> -- 
> Chris Gianelloni
> Release Engineering - Operational/QA Manager
> Games - Developer
> Gentoo Linux
>
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>


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Re: [gentoo-releng] 2004.3 ppc

[Lars Weiler]

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* Pieter Van den Abeele <pvdabeel@gentoo.org> [04/10/29 15:48 +0200]:
> >Ehh... it is already scheduled for the first week of
> >February.  Is there someone that you trust that can fill
> >this role instead?
> 
> I think so yes. Let me ask what Pylon thinks.

We didn't talked about a person who will roll the release
yet.  But our idea is, as long as there are no big changes
on ppc (like a gcc-3.5/4.0 move), we could just offer
updated stages and packages.

Just give me some more time until the next ppc-meeting had
took place (probably a week after the release), so that I
can be more precise with my answer.

Regards, Lars

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Re: [gentoo-releng] 2004.3 ppc

[Chris Gianelloni]

On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 17:54 +0200, Lars Weiler wrote:
> * Pieter Van den Abeele <pvdabeel@gentoo.org> [04/10/29 15:48 +0200]:
> > >Ehh... it is already scheduled for the first week of
> > >February.  Is there someone that you trust that can fill
> > >this role instead?
> > 
> > I think so yes. Let me ask what Pylon thinks.
> 
> We didn't talked about a person who will roll the release
> yet.  But our idea is, as long as there are no big changes
> on ppc (like a gcc-3.5/4.0 move), we could just offer
> updated stages and packages.
> 
> Just give me some more time until the next ppc-meeting had
> took place (probably a week after the release), so that I
> can be more precise with my answer.

Not a problem.  We've still got plenty of time and if help is needed, be
sure to ask and we'll see what we can come up with.

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Release Engineering - Operational/QA Manager
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux

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Re: [gentoo-releng] 2004.3 ppc

[Lars Weiler]

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* Pieter Van den Abeele <pvdabeel@gentoo.org> [04/10/29 07:07 +0200]:
> Just a quick note to let you know PPC 2004.3 is available in the 
> ~pvdabeel/2004.3 directory.

I just had the chance to test it on the Pegasos.  No luck,
as the kernel panics when the root fs should be mounted.
Probably I use the wrong arguments for booting (as we now
use squashfs instead of gcloop in 2004.1).

Pieter knows of the problem.  I try to fetch him later the
night on IRC and resolve this issue.

Sorry for all inconveniences.

Regards, Lars

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Re: [gentoo-releng] 2004.3 ppc

[Pieter Van den Abeele]

http://dev.gentoo.org/~pylon/images/dscf2342.jpg

If your machine is not compatible with the bootloader on the cd, and 
you need to pass arguments to the kernel using openfirmware, don't 
forget to pass root=/dev/ram0 ;-p

All the other arguments are built into the kernel. The reason why this 
one isn't, is that it's not in the append= parameter in the bootloader 
config but has an extra root= line. I forgot to copy that one in. So 
for now, pegasos people have to pass no arguments, except for 
root=/dev/ram0

sorry about that. If needed I'd be happy to recompile the kernel to 
include that flag. Will take me approx half an hour to get both cds 
updated. Your call ;-)

Pieter

On 30 Oct 2004, at 01:55, Lars Weiler wrote:

> * Pieter Van den Abeele <pvdabeel@gentoo.org> [04/10/29 07:07 +0200]:
>> Just a quick note to let you know PPC 2004.3 is available in the
>> ~pvdabeel/2004.3 directory.
>
> I just had the chance to test it on the Pegasos.  No luck,
> as the kernel panics when the root fs should be mounted.
> Probably I use the wrong arguments for booting (as we now
> use squashfs instead of gcloop in 2004.1).
>
> Pieter knows of the problem.  I try to fetch him later the
> night on IRC and resolve this issue.
>
> Sorry for all inconveniences.
>
> Regards, Lars


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Re: [gentoo-releng] 2004.3 ppc

[Pieter Van den Abeele]

but then of course the zImage needs to contain the actual ramdisk, 
which wasn't the case

I've rerolled the pegasos kernel, with default boot loader args and 
I've had dholm tftp boot it. It works now. The isos are updated

14:43 <dholm> it works perfectly

Pieter

On 30 Oct 2004, at 13:47, Pieter Van den Abeele wrote:

> http://dev.gentoo.org/~pylon/images/dscf2342.jpg
>
> If your machine is not compatible with the bootloader on the cd, and 
> you need to pass arguments to the kernel using openfirmware, don't 
> forget to pass root=/dev/ram0 ;-p
>
> All the other arguments are built into the kernel. The reason why this 
> one isn't, is that it's not in the append= parameter in the bootloader 
> config but has an extra root= line. I forgot to copy that one in. So 
> for now, pegasos people have to pass no arguments, except for 
> root=/dev/ram0
>
> sorry about that. If needed I'd be happy to recompile the kernel to 
> include that flag. Will take me approx half an hour to get both cds 
> updated. Your call ;-)
>
> Pieter
>
> On 30 Oct 2004, at 01:55, Lars Weiler wrote:
>
>> * Pieter Van den Abeele <pvdabeel@gentoo.org> [04/10/29 07:07 +0200]:
>>> Just a quick note to let you know PPC 2004.3 is available in the
>>> ~pvdabeel/2004.3 directory.
>>
>> I just had the chance to test it on the Pegasos.  No luck,
>> as the kernel panics when the root fs should be mounted.
>> Probably I use the wrong arguments for booting (as we now
>> use squashfs instead of gcloop in 2004.1).
>>
>> Pieter knows of the problem.  I try to fetch him later the
>> night on IRC and resolve this issue.
>>
>> Sorry for all inconveniences.
>>
>> Regards, Lars
>


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Re: [gentoo-releng] 2004.3 ppc

[Lars Weiler]

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* Pieter Van den Abeele <pvdabeel@gentoo.org> [04/10/30 14:44 +0200]:
> I've rerolled the pegasos kernel, with default boot loader args and 
> I've had dholm tftp boot it. It works now. The isos are updated

Verified.  Works out of the box on the PegasosII :-)

Thanks for your support.

Regards, Lars

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