Re: adding PowerNV as a new PPC machine type in the installer (rhbz#1303219)

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On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 1:56 PM Dan Hor=C3=A1k <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> there is a request for not installing the PReP partition on PPC system
> that don't really require it in bug 1303219 [1]. I've spend some time
> working on it and I think I have the solution, see [2] for details.
> Because the testing requires a bare-metal Power machine I'm now thinking
> how to allow testing it with the community in the least intrusive way.
> Right now my plan is to have the anaconda PR merged and use an
> updates.img for the corresponding blivet change. This way anaconda
> itself should work as before and only when used with the updates.img it
> should change the behaviour. What do you think?
>
>
Hello Dan,
the changes for anaconda seem to be safe and reasonable, so I think we
could merge them if you want to.

As Jirka suggested, it is also possible to create one updates image with
anaconda and blivet changes. I can help you with that.

Vendy


>
> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D1303219
> [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D1303219#c5
>
>
>         With regards,
>
>                 Dan
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail=
_attr">On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 1:56 PM Dan Hor=C3=A1k &lt;<a href=3D"mailto=
:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,=
204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
there is a request for not installing the PReP partition on PPC system<br>
that don&#39;t really require it in bug 1303219 [1]. I&#39;ve spend some ti=
me<br>
working on it and I think I have the solution, see [2] for details.<br>
Because the testing requires a bare-metal Power machine I&#39;m now thinkin=
g<br>
how to allow testing it with the community in the least intrusive way.<br>
Right now my plan is to have the anaconda PR merged and use an<br>
updates.img for the corresponding blivet change. This way anaconda<br>
itself should work as before and only when used with the updates.img it<br>
should change the behaviour. What do you think?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hello Dan,</div><div></div><div>the ch=
anges for anaconda seem to be safe and reasonable, so I think we could merg=
e them if you want to.</div><div><br></div><div>As Jirka suggested, it is a=
lso possible to create one updates image with anaconda and blivet changes. =
I can help you with that.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Vendy<br></div><div>=
=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0=
.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<br>
[1] <a href=3D"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D1303219" rel=
=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?=
id=3D1303219</a><br>
[2] <a href=3D"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D1303219#c5" re=
l=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi=
?id=3D1303219#c5</a><br>
<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 With regards,<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Dan<br>
<br>
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