Re: adding a new platform - Mailing list pgsql-pkg-yum

On 04/21/2015 03:51 AM, Jehan-Guillaume de Rorthais wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:37:02 +0800
> Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>
>> On 21 April 2015 at 18:21, Jehan-Guillaume de Rorthais <jgdr@dalibo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:01:21 +0800
>>> Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 21 April 2015 at 06:11, Mark Wong <mark@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have access to a z13 mainframe and would like to explore getting
>>>>> packages built for the yum repository for Linux on z (as opposed to
>>>>> z/OS.)  I've looked at the git repository, but was wondering what the
>>>>> best way is to run through trying to build packages and what not.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I (or, rather, 2ndQuadrant) also have access to POWER7 machines at OSU
>>> OSL
>>>> that can be used to build ppc64 packages for Linux on POWER, in case
>>> anyone
>>>> expresses interest in this.
>>>
>>> I talked with Devrim during last pgconf.eu about the opportunity to have
>>> IBM
>>> providing a POWER server and even some feedback about their gcc toolkit,
>>> optimized for POWER7 and POWER8.
>>>
>>> I had no answers to my mails since then, when trying to get people from
>>> IBM in
>>> touch with Devrim :(
>>>
>> In the case of POWER for open source use, the Oregon State University Open
>> Source Lab (OSU OSL) is a good starting point. I can vouch for their
>> excellent support and infrastructure first-hand.
>
> The IBM contact was actually pointing to this program. The
> only issue I could find about it is that only POWER7 plateform were available,
> no POWER8.
>
>> 2ndQuadrant has three POWER7 LPARs with OSU OSL, one of which is on Fedora
>> 21. So mock-building packages would not be a problem. I can't offer
>> individual build hosts for non-mocked builds, though, as there are just too
>> many target OSes.
>
> Devrim explained he needs a root access to such a server to be able to install
> and monitor various things and integrate the server to his buildfarm. AFAIR,
> this was the point we were trying to discuss when we lost contact...

I recommend using the request form at OSUOSL to ask for instances:
http://osuosl.org/services/powerdev/request_hosting

The general information is here, for reference, which says POWER8 is
available now:
http://osuosl.org/services/powerdev

They also have their own irc channel (#osuosl on Freenode) if you want
to ask questions there.

I've had a very minimal LPAR for the builfarm and I am imagining that
not a huge amount of resources are required for building the RPMs so I'm
hoping it would be easy to get access.

Regards,
Mark
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