Re: Alpha Core 3

On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 09:27:31PM +0100, Oliver Falk
wrote:
> 
> Check out /etc/rpm/platform; We need to fix this for
the different 
> sub-archs I believe... And then check
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/*.
> 
> Arg. Even uname -m reports the wrong thing on my DS10.
:-( Havn't 
> checked the AS1000 yet.

If we want it to behave like i*86, which does somerthing
like:

	uname -mpi
	i686 i686 i386	

should Alpha report on (667MHz) DS10:

	uname -mpi
	alphaev67 alphaev67 alpha


Here's from the manpage:

       -m, --machine
              print the machine hardware name

       -p, --processor
              print the processor type

       -i, --hardware-platform
              print the hardware platform

I assume we'd keep the generic "alpha" name for
hardware platform (-i),
but should the sub-architecture show up in either or both of
the others?

BTW, I'm VERY interested in this area, as one can get a BIG
benefit
from running packages built for a specific Alpha
sub-architecture on
appropriate machines (eg alphaev56 for PWS/LX/SX, alphaev6
for DS10).

Right now, "rpm" will make you say
"--ignorearch" to get ANY sub-arch
package installed; that's not right.

It'd be nice, not only if "rpm" didn't force you
to say that, but also
if "rpm" OR "yum" would consider it a
valid potential "update" to just
install the same version package built for a (more
appropriate)
sub-arch on top of an installed generic one.

I've rebuilt a lot of SRPMS targeted for alphaev67, and I'd
like to
make it easy to get a more optimal system after installing
from a
generic set.

Anyone have any additional thoughts on this?

Thanks!

 --Jay++

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Jay Estabrook wrote:
> Anyone have any additional thoughts on this?

I'm having deja vu: 
http://www.redhat.com/archives/axp-list/2005-O
ctober/msg00076.html

Also, I've started building EV6 packages, and wrote a little
guide to 
enabling their use here (it's quite simple and works
perfectly): 
http://ftp.alphacore.info/alpha/core/3/extras/README.ev6


The same would apply to EV67, I'm sure.

Editing the /etc/rpm/platform file is the easy fix, and this
is 
generated by Anaconda at install time, from memory. I think
it's all 
covered in the thread linked above.

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