[Debian-ppc64-devel] Re: How to start installation on an IBM power5

[Cajus Pollmeier]

On Donnerstag 26 Mai 2005 18:24, Roberto Suarez Soto wrote:
> 
> 	Another question that just popped into my mind O:-)
> 
> On May/26, Cajus Pollmeier wrote:
> 
> > 32 bit kernels will never run these systems because the virtualization code is
> > not present in these. If this is not initialized, everything is stuck.
> 
> 	Does this mean that you need a ppc64 kernel, or that you need a
> *pSeries* ppc64 kernel? Or, to say it in other way, does it mean that the
> virtualization code needed is in every ppc64 Linux kernel, or just in the
> pSeries version?

You need a 64-bit kernel with lpar support enabled for pseries machines AFAIK. If
the ordinary ppc64 kernel has it enabled, it may lack support for vscsis which is not
part of the upstream kernel yet.

Cheers,
Cajus