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[Ben Collins <ben.c@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've created three new blueprints that I've proposed for UDS-r:

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/powerpc-bootloaders
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/powerpc-kernel-devel
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/virt-powerpc

On Sep 26, 2012, at 4:53 PM, Ben Collins <bcollins@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear PowerPC users,
> 
> With UDS-r coming up, and me planning to attend, I'm hoping to gather some ideas and focus for some blueprints in the "Cloud & Server" and "Hardware" tracks.
> 
> Some initial plans:
> 
> * qemu and libvirt being fully embraced on Power architecture for KVM enabled CPUs
> 
> * Cloud components becoming architecture aware (my experience is that they pay little attention to the underlying architecture, which may be important in most all use cases).
> 
> * Kernel flavors for new Power architectures (notably, Freescale 32-bit and 64-bit SoCs).
> 
> * Power Kernel maintenance plans: As of now, the kernel team has little interest in maintaining Power kernels outside of the status-quo. Possible proposal includes breaking Power kernels out of the main-line packaging to allow more freedom for enablement.
> 
> * non-OpenFirmware boot loader options. Many new Power systems do not have a standard OpenFirmware and will need to define an ideal way to handle them. May include discussions for grub2 to support these systems, or leaving the boot loader to the actual hardware (as is the case in some actual systems).
> 
> Shoot me anything else and comment on the ones I've brought up for discussion.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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