Hello, just a small status update here,
as of 2.6.12-4, there is one powerpc64 flavour build, which supports all ppc64 hardware, is SMP-only (we will no longer build non-smp kernels), and doesn't enable POWER4_ONLY. dinstall should run over it this evening, but it may be in the NEW queue for a bit, not sure, altough in any case this doesn't take long these days. I am also uploading a new set of debian-installer .udeb modules, so we will have both 32bit powerpc and 64bit powerpc64 flavours here, and subsequently will set the daily builds to generate the images for it. I am unsure about the pertinence of making another flavour which enables POWER4_ONLY, since i am told (on #ppc64) that none of the other distribs do it, and that it will not bring any performance benefit for it. I would like to hear from those who want a POWER4_ONLY flavour what the justification for it are. There is also the matter of legacy-iseries, i have no tester for this hardware, but it may be possible to enable a debian kernel for it, and i will probably do so for the 2.6.13 kernels, not sure though. Also, feedback on legacy-iseries (pre-power5 ones) are welcome. So, once we have the toolchain, a kernel and debian-installer, the next step is to think about the 64bit userland, and what to do about Andreas Jochens pure-64 effort. My idea was to have chosen libraries and applications rebuild for 64bit, and parallel installable to normal 32bit ones, but i am probably not best placed to make the choice of those, so it would be usefull for all of you to mention the packages you think would need 64bit optimization. But as i don't really have 64bit hardware, it would be nice for 64bit users to take over here. And Andreas, if you could switch your effort from the pure-64bit way to this, it would be greatly appreciated. Also, i guess we need to find a common naming scheme, apending 64 somewhere in the name of the packages or something. Oh, and also, we still miss NPTL in the glibc build, but i guess as we are moving forward, this will come soon now. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
