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= PowerPC/POWER Special Interest Group =
= PowerPC/POWER Special Interest Group =
* IRC: #fedora-ppc on irc.freenode.net
* IRC: {{fpchat|#fedora-ppc}} on irc.freenode.net
* Mailing List: [http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ppc fedora-ppc mailing list]
* Mailing List: {{fplist|ppc}}


== Members ==
== Members ==
* Adrian Reber
* [[KarstenHopp| Karsten Hopp]] (IBM Power 730 Express Server, PowerMac G5)
* [[User:Jskala| Jiri Skala]]
* [[User:sharkcz| Dan Horák]] (IBM IntelliStation 275)
* [[User:sharkcz| Dan Horák]] (IBM IntelliStation 275)
* [[User:dwa| David Aquilina]] (release engineer)
* [[User:than| Than Ngo]]
* Mark Hamzy
* Mark Hamzy
* Brent Baude
* Mike Wolf
* Gustavo Luiz Duarte
* [[User:Gustavold| Gustavo Luiz Duarte]]
* [[User:menantea| Guy Menanteau]]
* [[User:sinnykumari| Sinny Kumari]]


== Meetings ==
== Stable Release, GPG keys ==  
* We don't schedule any IRC meetings, although starting at the Alpha phase of any release we'll try to find some time each day to discuss open issues on our #fedora-ppc channel on IRC .
* The next 'real' [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/PowerPC/Meetings/FUDCon_Lawrence_2013 meeting] of the Fedora-PPC team is planned at the FUDcon 2013 in Lawrence, Kansas.


== Current Development ==
Fedora 25 is the latest stable release of Fedora for Power. It was announced on November 22, 2016. Please see [https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/FG5BBVWKJBRZUDGN7RXPFVLHLWELWF3P/ the release announcement] for additional details or download it directly from [https://alt.fedoraproject.org/alt/ here].


Fedora 18 is [[Architectures/PowerPC/CurrentDevelopment|currently under development]], and includes a focus on [[Ppc64p7subarch|Power7 optimizations]] and [[Architectures/PowerPC/GRUB2|GRUB2]].  
Fedora for Power uses different GPG keys than the primary architectures. Check [https://fedoraproject.org/keys The official Fedora GPG key list] for a list of secondary arch keys.


== Stable Release ==  
=== Release Notes ===


Fedora 17 is the latest stable release of Fedora for Power. It was announced on June 14th, 2012. Please see [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_PPC_release_notes the release notes] for additional details or download it from your closest [https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/17/ppc64/ mirror]. It has been most extensively tested on IBM Power systems, but is also known to work on Apple Mac G5 systems.
* [[Architectures/PowerPC/26|Fedora 26]]
* [[Architectures/PowerPC/25|Fedora 25]]
* [[Architectures/PowerPC/24|Fedora 24]]
 
== Supported Architectures ==
 
Only 64bit machines (big endian Power5 or newer and little endian Power8 or newer) are supported, 32bit packages are not available anymore in F22 or newer. The last Fedora release with 32bit boot images was Fedora 17. Although it might be possible to install a 32bit F17 release and then update with the latest F21 packages, this is not supported by the Fedora PPC developers anymore.
 
Fedora 18 and newer also includes several optimized packages for Power7 machines. These will be installed automatically if a Power7 processor is detected.


== Previous Releases ==
== Previous Releases ==
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You can find information about previous Fedora for Power releases at [[Architectures/PowerPC/PreviousReleases]].  
You can find information about previous Fedora for Power releases at [[Architectures/PowerPC/PreviousReleases]].  


== Build system & Resources ==
== Build System & Resources ==


All official Fedora PowerPC packages will be built by the koji build system at the
===Koji===
 
====F25 or previous releases====
Till F25, all official Fedora PowerPC packages are built by the koji build system at the
[http://ppc.koji.fedoraproject.org/koji PowerPC koji hub]
[http://ppc.koji.fedoraproject.org/koji PowerPC koji hub]
Everyone with a [[Join_the_package_collection_maintainers#Get_a_Fedora_Account|Fedora account]] can do scratch builds of packages on the PowerPC koji build system. After running fedora-packager-setup from the fedora-packager rpm
ppc-koji build --scratch f20 yourpkg.src.rpm


All non-scratch packages that haven't been deleted by the garbage-collector are available at the
Scratch builds can be found [http://ppc.koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/ here], and will be removed from koji automatically after a while.
[http://ppc.koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/ package storage], scratch builds can be found for a few days at the [http://ppc.koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch scratch repository]
 
=== Building packages on the PowerPC koji build system ===
 
Everyone with a [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_package_collection_maintainers#Get_a_Fedora_Account Fedora account] can do at least scratch builds of packages on the PowerPC koji build system, [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_package_collection_maintainers package maintainers] who can check changes into the git repositories can build updated packages that will later on end up in the distribution.
 
=== Doing scratch builds ===


After running fedora-packager-setup from the fedora-packager rpm
For a build to end up in the final Fedora for Power distribution, that NVR must have been built on the primary Fedora koji and then pushed as an update for that release. koji-shadow is used by Fedora for Power to track both the stable (e.g. 'f20' during f20 branched development and 'f20-updates' after GA) and updates-testing tags of each release, as well as the current rawhide tag. Please feel free to find [[User:sharkcz| Dan Horák]] on the #fedora-ppc IRC channel if you have questions about the koji-shadow process.
ppc-koji build --scratch f17 yourpkg.src.rpm
These builds will be removed from koji automatically after a while.


=== 'real' builds ===
====Rawhide====
On October 29, 2016 announcement was made to [https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SBQOANIUYRRRJGK3BNN5WOYERMEVTD5V/ merge ppc64(le)] koji builds of packages with [http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/ primary koji].


'Real' builds will be pulled into the package repositories and into the install images, unless they got replaced by later versions.
To make a scratch build of package for ppc64 and ppc64le in Fedora rawhide, run:
After running fedora-packager-setup from the fedora-packager rpm
  koji build --scratch --arch-override=ppc64,ppc64le rawhide yourpkg.src.rpm
ppc-koji build f17 "$(fedpkg giturl)"
or
fedpkg build --target=f17
(this works only when you have a symlink from ~/.koji/ppc-config to ~/.koji/config)
(currently broken: [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785776 bugzilla 787776] )


=== PPC Shell access for debugging ===
=== PPC Shell access for debugging ===
[[user:dwmw2|David Woodhouse]] ([[fas:dwmw2|dwmw2]]), [[user:jwboyer|Josh Boyer]] ([[fas:jwboyer|jwb]]) or [[user:karsten|Karsten Hopp]] ([[fas:karsten|Kick_]]) may provide you access to a PPC box for build debugging purposes. Just send them an e-mail with an request and a public SSH key.
[[user:sharkcz|Dan Horák ]] ([[fas:sharkcz|sharkcz]]) can provide you access to a PPC box for build debugging purposes. Just send him an e-mail with a request and a public SSH key.
fedora-infra team is also working on providing easier access to a PowerPC VM for debugging build issues. Once we have it ready, we will update this section.


== Bugzilla ==
== Bugzilla ==
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== Links ==
== Links ==
* [http://www.ibm.com/chips/power/ Power homepage] <BR>
* [http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ppc fedora-ppc mailing list] <BR>
* [http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ppc fedora-ppc mailing list] <BR>
* [[Architectures/PowerPC/PPC-hub-serverstatus|Special files and configuration on the PPC hub]]
* [http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/ Power homepage] <BR>
* [https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/W51a7ffcf4dfd_4b40_9d82_446ebc23c550?lang=en The PowerLinux Community Wiki] <BR>
* [http://www.power.org/ Power.org] <BR>
* [http://www.power.org/ Power.org] <BR>
* [http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/ YellowDogLinux support pages] <BR>
* [http://www.powerdeveloper.org/ powerdeveloper.org]
* [http://www.powerdeveloper.org/ powerdeveloper.org]
* [http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/lnxinfo/v3r0m0/index.jsp?topic=/liaae/lcon_Installing_Linux_on_System_p5.htm Installation docs] for IBM Power hardware <BR>




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PowerPC/POWER Special Interest Group

Members

Stable Release, GPG keys

Fedora 25 is the latest stable release of Fedora for Power. It was announced on November 22, 2016. Please see the release announcement for additional details or download it directly from here.

Fedora for Power uses different GPG keys than the primary architectures. Check The official Fedora GPG key list for a list of secondary arch keys.

Release Notes

Supported Architectures

Only 64bit machines (big endian Power5 or newer and little endian Power8 or newer) are supported, 32bit packages are not available anymore in F22 or newer. The last Fedora release with 32bit boot images was Fedora 17. Although it might be possible to install a 32bit F17 release and then update with the latest F21 packages, this is not supported by the Fedora PPC developers anymore.

Fedora 18 and newer also includes several optimized packages for Power7 machines. These will be installed automatically if a Power7 processor is detected.

Previous Releases

You can find information about previous Fedora for Power releases at Architectures/PowerPC/PreviousReleases.

Build System & Resources

Koji

F25 or previous releases

Till F25, all official Fedora PowerPC packages are built by the koji build system at the PowerPC koji hub Everyone with a Fedora account can do scratch builds of packages on the PowerPC koji build system. After running fedora-packager-setup from the fedora-packager rpm

ppc-koji build --scratch f20 yourpkg.src.rpm

Scratch builds can be found here, and will be removed from koji automatically after a while.

For a build to end up in the final Fedora for Power distribution, that NVR must have been built on the primary Fedora koji and then pushed as an update for that release. koji-shadow is used by Fedora for Power to track both the stable (e.g. 'f20' during f20 branched development and 'f20-updates' after GA) and updates-testing tags of each release, as well as the current rawhide tag. Please feel free to find Dan Horák on the #fedora-ppc IRC channel if you have questions about the koji-shadow process.

Rawhide

On October 29, 2016 announcement was made to merge ppc64(le) koji builds of packages with primary koji.

To make a scratch build of package for ppc64 and ppc64le in Fedora rawhide, run:

  koji build --scratch --arch-override=ppc64,ppc64le rawhide yourpkg.src.rpm

PPC Shell access for debugging

Dan Horák (sharkcz) can provide you access to a PPC box for build debugging purposes. Just send him an e-mail with a request and a public SSH key. fedora-infra team is also working on providing easier access to a PowerPC VM for debugging build issues. Once we have it ready, we will update this section.

Bugzilla


Links