Re: PPC64LE Install Issues

On 18.07.14 06:21, Kevin Adler wrote:
> Thanks for the info Alex. This is a POWER7 LPAR running on a PS700
> blade. I know this ppc64le is pretty cutting edge, so issues like this
> are bound to happen. I wonder if that is why I couldn't get Ubuntu
> 14.04 ppc64le booting either (which also uses grub2 for LE, but yaboot
> for BE).

It's most likely a part of the puzzle. We also carry a patch in openSUSE 
that enables you to run an LE kernel on hypervisors that don't implement 
the H_SET_MODE(ILE) hypercall. Your POWER7 pHyp definitely does not 
implement it, so you need the patch to run a kernel on it.

>
> I'll have to test out your yaboot idea when I next get some time to
> play around with this. This was a new LPAR that I carved out, but
> while trying to get the ppc64le working, I did install Ubuntu 14.04
> ppc64 and I think I then scratched that with openSUSE 13.1 (or maybe
> Factory) ppc64. In any event, I can get a working ppc64 install set up
> and try bootstrapping from there.

So did that work out for you? :)


Alex

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