Just wanted to say thanks Matheiu for all of your work with PPC and staying on top of a lot of these bugs!
Brock On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 2:33 AM, luigi burdo <intermedi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Mathieu, > add this news too. > finally fixed qemu on powerpc working with sdl2 and gtk3 with gl=on > enabled. > next git will be update with the code patch > > Luigi > > > From: ma...@debian.org > > Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 08:41:14 +0200 > > Subject: Misc PowerPC News > > To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > > > > > I've been playing a bit with BTS lately and I have setup powerpc & > > ppc64 tags on a few outstanding bugs related to PowerPC arch: > > > > > http://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/bts-usertags.cgi?tag=powerpc&user=debian-powerpc%40lists.debian.org > > > http://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/bts-usertags.cgi?tag=ppc64&user=debian-powerpc%40lists.debian.org > > > > Here is a summary of some outstanding issues that have either been > > solved or are being worked on: > > > > 1. mono (http://bugs.debian.org/819711) > > > > The issue with mono on PowerPC (and ppc64!) has been found and > > reported upstream. I'll keep an eye on the package to check that mono > > on PowerPC comes back in Debian. > > > > 2. yaboot 1.3.17 (http://bugs.debian.org/819549) > > > > Thanks to Milan Kupcevic we finally have yaboot 1.3.17 in Debian ! > > There is still an issue with PPC64 build but a patch has been provided > > by Lennart Sorensen (http://bugs.debian.org/322540). > > > > 3. partman-ext3 (http://bugs.debian.org/825110) > > > > Debian Installer Stretch Alpha 6 release is currently broken as > > described in the bug report. But Milan Kupcevic managed to provide a > > work around. I've not tested but the daily installer should work, use > > it instead. > > > > 4. OFfb red / blue color inversion (http://bugs.debian.org/825840) > > > > Currently when using d-i the text based installation display inverted > > colors. I am currently tracking down why this is happening and if it > > possible to directly fix OFfb. There are alternatives describe in this > > bug tracker to fix the symptoms, namely to use radeon(fb) in place of > > OFfb. So d-i on PowerPC may not only be suited for color blind people > > after all :-) > > > > 5. partman-auto (http://bugs.debian.org/610206) > > > > By default yaboot is the bootloader on PowerPC. But there is a secret > > option in d-i to install grub-ieee1275 on CHRP IBM machines. I am > > trying to make that also an option for NewWorld Mac machines, one > > patch at a time. > > > > 6. r300: Visuals not found in (default) depth = 24 > > (http://bugs.debian.org/746272) > > > > Users of the r300 driver needed to use an old patch > > (http://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_get_graphics_working.3F) > > to get the default depth working. This has now been fixed upstream and > > will be part of the next mesa release. > > > > 7. No sound on PowerPC with Jessie upgrade ( > http://bugs.debian.org/714345) > > > > There were actually two different issues that prevented some users to > > have sound working. They have both been solved by Wolfram Sang > > (http://bugs.debian.org/714345#120 & > > http://bugs.debian.org/714345#161). The first one is already in linux > > 4.5.5, and the last patch has been tagged for stable release in linux. > > > > -M > > >
