On Mon, 18 Jan 2021 17:31:25 -0800 Kevin Fenzi <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 11:31:32PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > > Thanks for the feedback. I understand that is the normal way to proceed > > at this point in the schedule. It doesn't really impact me a lot > > personally as I build my own kernels anyway. > > Fair enough. > > > Given there are not so many users on this architecture, is it feasible > > to take a more do-or-die approach, to try and put that f33 kernel in > > there and if it doesn't come together, f34 is simply released without > > any ppc64le? > > I'm not in favor of that. For example, we use Fedora on our builders, if > there's no f34 for them they will be out of sync with the rest and > possibly missing features people will depend on for builds. > > > The upside is that if it does work, all those new GPUs will be working, > > plug and play. I'm talking about all the new RX 6800 cards and also the > > previous generation, RX 5700 and friends. > > > > If f34 is status quo, 64k kernel, people have to either: > > > > a) use a GPU that is much older now, like Radeon RX580 Polaris, or > > > > b) compile a kernel with 4k, or > > > > c) download a kernel with 4k from somebody I believe we could provide a semi-official 4k kernels and document the issue in the "known bugs" page > > > > I don't mind too much whether it is f34 or f35 and I understand you > > probably have higher priority things to do at this point in the release > > cycle. > > Given that it's not passed through the process yet, I would want it to > land in f35. For example, I haven't heard any feedback from ibm yet... I have asked them again thru a different channel, so hopefully we will hear back soon. Dan _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
