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next release YDL

Postby sacarde » 13 Aug 2012, 20:18

hi,
questions:

- is scheduled new YDL release? when?

- POWER7 are different from powerpc ?


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Re: next release YDL

Postby ppietro » 14 Aug 2012, 06:46

sacarde wrote:hi,
questions:

- is scheduled new YDL release?


http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/ydl7/

and

http://www.fixstars.com/en/hardware/power/ydl7/

sacarde wrote:when?


Unsure. I can't find anything on Fixstar's site either. Anyone else have a release date?

sacarde wrote:- POWER7 are different from powerpc ?


Yes. PowerPC is a subset of POWER7. As wikipedia says
PowerPC is largely based on IBM's earlier POWER architecture, and retains a high level of compatibility with it; the architectures have remained close enough that the same programs and operating systems will run on both if some care is taken in preparation; newer chips in the POWER series implement the full PowerPC instruction set.


See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POWER7
and here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC

Also - we've discussed more about it here:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8388#p41979
and here:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8521

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Re: next release YDL

Postby sacarde » 14 Aug 2012, 08:54

if I have understood well... I won't be able more to install ydl on my mac-mini-ppc ?
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Re: next release YDL

Postby ppietro » 14 Aug 2012, 22:22

sacarde wrote:if I have understood well... I won't be able more to install ydl on my mac-mini-ppc ?


It's unknown really. Until I see the binaries, I can't tell you for sure.

Since PowerPC is a subset of POWER7, YDL 7 might just be a straight PowerPC compile. This would run on your mac-mini PPC or their big IBM POWER7 machine.

However - if they've compiled YDL 7 against POWER7 specifically, then no. You would need to have a POWER7 processor to run it. :(

The only thing we know for sure is that Fixstars tells us it is for their PowerLinux - 7R2 Yellow Dog Appliance. If we take them at their word, then chances are we won't be able to run it. :(

UPDATE: This doesn't bode well. From http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/ydl7/support/index.shtml

Yellow Dog Linux 7 is currently only supported on the IBM PowerLinux 7r2.


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