On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 at 14:06, Alex Perez <ape...@alexperez.com> wrote:
> Kevin, > > On 2/13/2021 9:51:48 AM, Stephen John Smoogen <smo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 at 05:15, Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> wrote: > >> >> >> On 13/02/2021 09:11, Tomasz Torcz wrote: >> > Dnia Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 10:16:26PM +0100, Daniel Pocock napisał(a): >> >> >> >> >> >> On 12/02/2021 21:19, Justin Forbes wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 10:21 AM Ben Cotton <bcot...@redhat.com> >> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Power4kPageSize >> >>>> >> >>>> == Summary == >> >>>> >> >>>> On ppc64le, the kernel is currently compiled for 64k page size. >> >>>> >> >>>> This change proposes using the more common 4k page size. >> >>>> >> >>>> Some things, like the AMD Radeon GPU drivers, firmware or related >> >>>> code, appear to be completely non-functional on the 64k page size. >> >>>> Insufficient upstream developers are testing such issues on this >> >>>> architecture. >> >>> >> >>> Just as there are many things that expect the 64K page size. I am not >> >>> doing this. >> >>> >> >>> Justin >> >> >> >> Can you please identify some of the things that expect 64k? >> >> >> >> If the GPU drivers don't work that makes it a complete non-starter for >> >> many workstation users, or they have to compile their own kernels or >> >> obtain custom kernels from another user. >> > >> > Or just fix the GPU drivers. They're open source, after all. >> >> The GPUs also have firmware blobs >> >> > OK I think we need to back up a whole bunch here and talk directly about > what is wanted and going on. I am going to try an outline what I have > picked up from months of this back and forth: > > 1. There is some sort of PowerPC workstation which is going 'to market' > somewhere soon. > > *Alex Perez:* > Wellll, it's actually been on the market for a few years. There are > several variants. I've had my Talos II Lite board since January of 2019. > > > 2. It will have high powered video cards of a PC style so will be using > the same 'firmware' that would be in x86_64. > > *Alex Perez:* > Not will, does. Right now. > > > 3. Those drivers expect x86_64 4k buffer sizes. > > *Alex Perez:* > Some do, some don't. > > > 4. Daniel would like to have Fedora Linux as an option or the operating > system on it. > 5. They have been trying to work out through various tickets how to make > this happen. > > Please correct the items above if needed. The questions that I don't see > having been asked is: > 1. Is Fedora interested in being offered on this hardware? > > *Alex Perez:* > Err, people are already running Fedora on this exact hardware. You seem to > think this is not something that's happening. You're mistaken. > >From what had been said, I thought this was new systems which were not the ones already on the market. Thank you both for the corrections. -- Stephen J Smoogen.
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