Re: New architecture ppc64el on Debian

2013-09-23 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:43 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 06:08:12PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: >> I suppose I'm not really one privileged to express these reactions, >> but I tend to be a loose cannon sometimes. >> >> ??? >> >> (Checking my calendar. Nope, I haven't suddenl

Re: New architecture ppc64el on Debian

2013-09-23 Thread Breno Leitao
Hi Hiroyuki, On 09/22/2013 01:05 AM, Hiroyuki Yamamoto wrote: >> I have been working internally at IBM on a Debian rootfs that runs on this >> architecture. As a plan, I am looking, in general, to have this architecture >> included on sid, first, and then being moving towards stable. > > I think

Re: New architecture ppc64el on Debian

2013-09-23 Thread Breno Leitao
On 09/23/2013 11:43 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 06:08:12PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: >> I suppose I'm not really one privileged to express these reactions, but I >> tend to be a loose cannon sometimes. >> >> ??? >> >> (Checking my calendar. Nope, I haven't suddenly slipped

Re: Roll call for porters of architectures in sid and testing (Status update)

2013-09-23 Thread Martin Lucina
Hi, b...@decadent.org.uk said: > > I've also provided a couple of kernel patches in the past. I'm cross > > testing with Gentoo to ensure that bugs I report are Debian-specific > > or ia64-generic. > > > > I'll continue testing/software development activity on ia64 for the > > Jessie cycle, and m

Re: New architecture ppc64el on Debian

2013-09-23 Thread Gary Driggs
On Sep 23, 2013, at 7:43 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > Well you could always complain about IBM choosing the x86 in the first > place, or complain that people bought IBM's machines in the first place > at a time when lots of other machines were using m68k chips instead. It's somewhat ironic that

Re: New architecture ppc64el on Debian

2013-09-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 08:28:43AM -0700, Gary Driggs wrote: > It's somewhat ironic that they're the last big fab & server vendor > left making PPC gear. Even Freescale seems focused on ARM these > days... No, freescale is very much focused on powerpc, they are just doing some arm as well since th

Re: New architecture ppc64el on Debian

2013-09-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 06:08:12PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: > I suppose I'm not really one privileged to express these reactions, > but I tend to be a loose cannon sometimes. > > ??? > > (Checking my calendar. Nope, I haven't suddenly slipped back to the > early 1990s.) > > (Still puzzled.) Well