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| From | Jose R R <Jose.r.r@metztli-it.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.kernel, linux.debian.maint.boot |
| Subject | Re: Debian with Reiser4-patched Linux kernel on IBM Power8 |
| Date | 2016-04-20 13:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <rpYuu-75L-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <rpY1s-6zP-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <rpYuu-75L-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 4:11 AM, Jonáš Vidra <vidra.jonas@seznam.cz> wrote: > On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:53:48 +0200 Jose R R <Jose.r.r@metztli-it.com> wrote: > >> is there any reason why Reiser4 SFRN 4.0.1-enabled Debian should not >> run on Power8? I assume GPT should be selected whereas previously I >> have tested -- on AMD64 baremetal and cloud -- only MSDOS disk >> partitioning. > > > There might be some problems with the endianness of the system. > > I have tested Reiser4 on 32bit PowerPC several years ago and as far as I > remember, mounting and using a preformatted partition (mkfs done on an x86 > machine) was possible, but a partition formatted on PowerPC was unusable. > I can repeat the tests, if you are interested. No, I won't bother you with that. Just gathering some preliminary information prior to efforts at building the PPC Reiser4 UDEB module for my Debian-Installer (d-i) hack. Thank you much for your insight on 'endianness of the system'. Best professional Regards. -- Jose R R http://metztli.it --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Try at no charge http://b2evolution.net for http://OpenShift.com PaaS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- from our GitHub http://Nepohualtzintzin.com repository. Cloud the easy way! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Debian with Reiser4-patched Linux kernel on IBM Power8 Jose R R <Jose.r.r@metztli-it.com> - 2016-04-20 13:00 +0200
Re: Debian with Reiser4-patched Linux kernel on IBM Power8 Jose R R <Jose.r.r@metztli-it.com> - 2016-04-20 13:30 +0200
Re: Debian with Reiser4-patched Linux kernel on IBM Power8 Jonáš Vidra <vidra.jonas@seznam.cz> - 2016-04-20 13:50 +0200
Re: Debian with Reiser4-patched Linux kernel on IBM Power8 Edward Shishkin <edward.shishkin@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 17:10 +0200
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