[Debian-ppc64-devel] Boot CD for ppc64 on IBM OpenPower 710/720

[Harald Görl]

Hi list, Cajus.
I created a (very simple) boot cd for Debian ppc64 on IBM OpenPower. The 
cd only contains the zImage.initrd, which also could be transfered via 
tftp. There is also a readme file on the cd with some instructions how i 
created the cd. The boot process on CHRP machines is "interesting".

I compiled an "own" kernel image for this cd, because i missed two 
things in the available debian-kernels (from Cajus P. or Sven L.) which 
i tried to integrate in the cd image:

1. We have a Matrox G450 build into our machines and so
CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G=y MUST be set, otherwise kernel traces and stops at 
boot time. (of course this is not neccessary for virtual partitions when 
the Matrox card is not visible.)

2. I was missing the "ipr.ko" kernel driver for the IBM SCSI device. (We 
have no raid adapter in our OpenPower!)

The cd should be usable to start the d-i without tftp-ing, but does not 
contain any .deb archives.

Download at:

http://ftp.uni-augsburg.de/pub/tuxppc/test/

A test kernel (.deb) with the same .config is also available. The 
cd/kernel is working for me, perhaps it could be helpful for somebody else.


Harald Goerl