On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:36:20PM +0800, Aron Xu wrote: > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:09 PM, Luca Filipozzi <lfili...@debian.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 05:34:42PM +0800, Aron Xu wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Paul Wise <p...@debian.org> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > > > > If our existing eight-year old hardware is the only mips machines we > > > > > can reasonably get then that doesn't bode well for mips. We don't > > > > > think relying on the SWARMs (alone) is an option. > > > > > > > > Perhaps Cavium will interested in providing newer hardware now that > > > > there is a MIPS N64 GSoC project underway. They offered some decent > > > > hardware last year in association with such a port: > > > > > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-mips/2012/02/msg00001.html > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/Projects#MIPS_N32.2FN64_ABI_port > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2013/StudentApplications/EleanorChen > > > > > > > > > > I believe Cavium's David Daney is on debian-mips, we can talk to him to > > > see if there is any possibility of making donation. > > > > It would be wonderful to refresh our mips environment as our current mips > > environment is not healthy. We gladly accept hardware donations but would > > appreciate if the donated hardware be equivalent to that available > > commercially. Of the four existing donated boxen that we operate at > > ubcece, one has never worked (fatally defective) and two are very > > unreliable. We also had to modify them to boot on power-up. > > > > Do the Cavium machines have any remote management features (similar to Sun > > ALOM, HP iLO, Dell DRAC) that allow access to a serial console and to power > > management? Alternatively, can they be configured to power on after a > > power loss so we can attach them to a remotely controlled power > > distribution unit? Do they boot from local storage? > > > > Any help you can provide in securing newer mips equipment is appreciated. > > We MUST refresh our mips environment if we wish to continue offering a mips > > port. > > > > As mentioned, we will need a number of machines to satisfy the various > > requirements (geographically distributed buildd machines, accessible porter > > machine(s), etc.). > > > > > As for the GSoC project, the student seems to not get access to the > > > hardware Cavium offered, nor the main mentor (Cc'ed), so there is no > > > feedback about stability/other stuff about those hardware. > > > > Why were the GSoC students unable to obtain access to the hardware? > > > > David once said he has prepared the machine, but we haven't got response from > him when asking for shell access.
That's unfortunate. > Also, are you interested in asking Lemote for there Loongson 3A machines? Sure. My objective is to get functioning equipment so that the mips port is supported. I'm prepared to receive a mix of equipment from a number of vendors or just from one... as long the requirements (commercially available, warranty / support, out of band management, etc.) are met, I'm not partial one way or the other. The only challenge I see with the 3A machines is the comment about needing a lot of energy/time to get a working kernel... that would be a problem for us, obviously. Thanks, Luca -- Luca Filipozzi http://www.crowdrise.com/SupportDebian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-release-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130624153448.ga26...@emyr.net