Re: adding a new platform

On 21 April 2015 at 18:21, Jehan-Guillaume de Rorthais <jgdr(at)dalibo(dot)com>
wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:01:21 +0800
> Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > On 21 April 2015 at 06:11, Mark Wong <mark(at)2ndquadrant(dot)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 :(
>

I have sometimes found that working with IBM directly not to be the best
way to do things, especially by email. Working through IBM partners and
getting the partners to handle co-ordination with IBM via their established
relationships often works best.

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.

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.

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