Re: [GNU-linux-libre] ppc64el support in endorsed distros

[Donald Robertson]

On 06/17/2018 08:52 AM, Andreas Grapentin wrote:
> 
> Hello Donald,
> 
> I am happy to announce that we have managed to successfully bootstrap
> parabola for powerpc64le. I attached a screenshot of the first
> interactive session of the first successful virtualized boot.
> 
> It's of course going to be a lot of work to extend this preliminary port
> to a usable distribution - and we will need to talk about how this work
> is going to be organized - but at the moment the port is at least
> self-hosting, reasonably self-contained, follows the same packaging
> guidelines as mainline parabola, and was created entirely on parabola
> using only free software.
> 
> I'll be back early next week with more information and a downloadable
> virtual machine image for everyone to take a look at. My internet
> connection at home is unfortunately too unreliable for uploading the
> package repositories and the VM image, but I wanted to keep my promise
> of delivering something this week ;)
> 
> Best,
> Andreas

Wow, that's amazing. I really look forward to seeing the image.


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