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Re: chances of PPC64 build?
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"Randal T. Rioux" <[log in to unmask]>
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Randal T. Rioux
Date:
Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:47:19 -0400
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On 6/10/2011 1:10 PM, Jeremy Enos wrote:
> On 6/10/2011 10:49 AM, Randal T. Rioux wrote:
>> On 6/9/2011 5:43 PM, Jeremy Enos wrote:
>>> Hi there-
>>> Suppose I'm assembling a list of OS candidates to run on a very large
>>> PPC64 based supercomputer- what are the odds of seeing a SL6 PPC64
>>> version?
>> As Connie mentioned, RH dropped ppc/power support in 6. Which I think is
>> sad.
>>
>> For the record, however, I've used OpenBSD and Gentoo on ppc/power5
>> systems and have had great luck!
>>
>> Randy
>>
> RH actually has an IBM POWER build upstream (I should have been more
> specific).  Will CentOS make a build if RH does?
> thanks.

To quote myself: "RH dropped ppc/power support in 6"

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