Re: ppc64el / Raptor Bleackbird / do not upgrade systemd

2024-12-04 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On 12/3/24 22:48, Lionel Élie Mamane wrote: I don't have enough detail that I can file a bug report, but if you run ppc64el, beware. I'd suspect that it finds some reason to immediately reboot, which on ppc64el typically is kexec (given that we boot with kexec, too), so it is superfast.

Re: regarding 2019-07-16 ppc64 debian sid installer : does grub work there ?

2019-11-21 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 08:56:12AM +0100, Romain Dolbeau wrote: > I didn't try that installer. Both my PowerMacs are using yaboot, I > haven't tried grub/ieee1275. The TalosII boots via kexec, but consumes the grub.cfg for the menu entries, so grub-ieee1275 is what you'd "use" there. Sim

Re: Booting Debian 10 on powernv POWER9 machine

2019-10-18 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On 16.10.19 23:49, Gustavo Romero wrote: > Has anybody tried to install, boot, and test successfully on a POWER9 > powernv > machine? I have a TalosII running Debian. Works fine. Installation was through the shipped petitboot bootloader, which read the grub.conf from the regular ppc64le ins

Re: Booting Debian 10 on powernv POWER9 machine

2019-10-18 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On 16.10.19 23:49, Gustavo Romero wrote: > Has anybody tried to install, boot, and test successfully on a POWER9 > powernv > machine? I have a TalosII running Debian. Works fine. Installation was through the shipped petitboot bootloader, which read the grub.conf from the regular ppc64le ins

Re: debian-ports Packages list not complete

2019-10-13 Thread Simon Richter
Hi Jeroen, On 13.10.19 15:12, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > I mirrored powerpc and ppc64 repos in debian-ports. I found out that many > packages are not mirrored. I think this is due to the Packages.gz and > Packages.xz file within /debian-ports/dists/sid/main/binary-ppc64 and > /debian-ports/dists

Re: debian-installer: please default to grub-ieee1275 on powerpc instead of yaboot

2017-09-25 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On 25.09.2017 16:48, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > powerpc/ppc64: > On IBM use DOS partition table with a prep boot partition for grub. > On Apple use Apple partition table (I don't know where grub is installed > on those). Quick question: what about directly booting a zImage from OpenFirmware,

PS3?

2017-09-22 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, I'm trying to get a PS3 to boot with the powerpc64 kernel in stretch, but had no luck so far. kexec from the boot menu happens, then the screen goes blank and stays that way. I have a 3.5 kernel that boots and works fine. Does anyone have a working setup with a standard kernel? Simon s

Re: 64 bit java?

2017-03-28 Thread Simon Richter
Hi Adam, On 28.03.2017 02:13, Adam Stouffer wrote: > Is there a 64 bit version of java available? Everything apt-cache > returns doesn't say anything about 64 or 32 bits. I tried getting > IBM's jre but the installer bombs out. The "powerpc" architecture should have 32 bit java, the "ppc64" and

PegasosII machine to a good home

2011-08-19 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, I seem to have less and less time these days, which also means that my PegII is standing in a corner, unused. I've thus decided to give it away to someone near the Debian project working on the PowerPC port. If you are interested, please contact me directly (I'm not subscribed to the list). T

Re: powerpc crosstools for Windows built with MinGW?

2010-09-24 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 09:10:25PM +0400, Sergei Poselenov wrote: > So, do you mean the MinGW for Unix provides only the instrumentation to > build for the Windows platform, it doesn't provide a layer to translate > POSIX API to Windows API, right? Correct. > The application intended to run

Re: powerpc crosstools for Windows built with MinGW?

2010-09-23 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 06:23:43PM +0400, Sergei Poselenov wrote: > Is it possible to build the Windows-based GCC powerpc cross-compiler > using MinGW cross-build environment based on Debian Linux? No, the system actually running gcc must be somewhat Unix compatible. While the GNU toolchain