On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 21:36 -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote: > Rudi Chiarito (nutello@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) said: > > > - PPC support > > > For your brand spanking new MiniMac, or the p655 under your > > > desk. > > > > I assume the mention of the p655 means support for ppc AND ppc64? Just > > asking for a clarification. It's not clear right now which kind of > > PPC64 hardware can be used for a fresh install. I know because I was > > checking Raw Hide this very morning. > > I believe that's the plan. Note that not *all* 32 or 64-bit PPCs > may be supported; I wouldn't expect 32-bit RS6Ks to work, for example. Hmm, that's not because there is lack of interest in those machines. There are at least a couple of us that are 100% willing to be testers. I think all we're really missing is a boot.iso that groks a 32-bit CHRP machine (for the 43p-150 RS6Ks anyway). Paul Nasrat gave me one a while ago that booted the kernel, but didn't understand the initrd for some reason. Others have a kernel, but no knowledge on how to spin a boot.iso. Is there a huge potential user base for these machines? I doubt it. But it would be cool for those of us still running old copies of SuSE or Debian. Can I assume it's mostly just a lack of time that would prevent these machines from being supported, or is there some other technical reason that I'm missing? josh
