Fedora ARM & AArch64 Status Meeting Minutes 2014-12-16

[Paul Whalen]

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#fedora-meeting-2: Fedora ARM & AArch64 Status Meeting
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Meeting started by pwhalen at 15:00:19 UTC. The full logs are available
at
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2014-12-16/fedora-meeting-2.2014-12-16-15.00.log.html
.



Meeting summary
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* 1) ==== Fedora 21 (aarch64) ====  (pwhalen, 15:03:12)
  * F21 RC7 Testing Summary  (pwhalen, 15:03:12)
  * LINK:
    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/AArch64/QA/21_RC7_Testing
    (pwhalen, 15:03:12)

* 1a) == Open Bugs ==  (pwhalen, 15:03:50)
  * Installer unable to add bootloader EFI entry on AArch64  (pwhalen,
    15:04:01)
  * LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi? id=1151571
    (pwhalen, 15:04:01)
  * LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151571   (pjones,
    15:04:35)
  * AGREED: BZ#1151571 to be included in known issues  (pwhalen,
    15:07:19)
  * Unable to enter passphrase for encrypted rootfs when no 'console='
    is included on aarch64  (pwhalen, 15:07:35)
  * LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172740
    (pwhalen, 15:07:35)
  * AGREED: while unfortunate, document bz#1172740 in known issues, fix
    after release  (pwhalen, 15:18:24)
  * No KVM virtualization on APM Mustang and other boards (3.17.4/f21
    and 3.18-rc/f22)  (pwhalen, 15:25:32)
  * LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165290
    (pwhalen, 15:25:32)
  * fixed in RC7  (pwhalen, 15:26:13)
  * aarch64: anaconda in VM dies with "SystemError: Could not determine
    system architecture." because blivet assumes aarch64 always has EFI
    (pwhalen, 15:27:04)
  * LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1128341
    (pwhalen, 15:27:04)
  * AGREED: BZ#1128341 to be split up into two separate bugs. 1) You
    need an UEFI environment for virt guests, but can't get one due to
    vfat licensing restrictions 2)  python-blivet assumes all aarch64
    systems are UEFI which is not true  (pwhalen, 15:34:52)

* 1b) == F21 Aarch64 Final planning ==  (pwhalen, 15:38:45)
  * Installation documentation and Release Notes needed  (pwhalen,
    15:40:03)

* 1c) == Are we ready to ship? ==  (pwhalen, 15:42:37)
  * AGREED: Final testing and documentation to be done today, release
    F21 AArch64 GA tomorrow (17Dec14)  (pwhalen, 15:47:04)

* 2) == F21 Armhfp Retrospective ==  (pwhalen, 15:48:32)
  * ACTION: pwhalen to send out a link to the armhfp retrospective
    (pwhalen, 15:49:53)

* 3) == F22 Goals ==  (pwhalen, 15:50:03)
  * IDEA: support uboot  (bconoboy, 15:51:29)
  * IDEA: regular composes for a testable rawhide  (bconoboy, 15:51:50)
  * IDEA: guidance from FESCo on secondary architecture promotion
    requirements in light of Fedora.next  (bconoboy, 15:52:37)
  * IDEA: Let's discuss this at devconf, too.  (bconoboy, 15:52:53)
  * LINK: http://www.devconf.cz/   (bconoboy, 15:53:02)
  * IDEA: Do we add cloud & workstation products for aarch64 in f22?
    (bconoboy, 15:54:05)
  * AGREED: F22 Goals to be discussed on the mailing list, future
    meeting  (pwhalen, 15:54:30)

* 4) == Open Floor ==  (pwhalen, 15:54:57)
  * Next Fedora Arm/AArch64 Status Meeting to be held Jan 6th, 2015
    (pwhalen, 15:56:20)

Meeting ended at 16:00:16 UTC.




Action Items
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* pwhalen to send out a link to the armhfp retrospective




Action Items, by person
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* pwhalen
  * pwhalen to send out a link to the armhfp retrospective
* **UNASSIGNED**
  * (none)




People Present (lines said)
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* pwhalen (83)
* bconoboy (44)
* pbrobinson (37)
* dgilmore (32)
* kylem (26)
* rwmjones (9)
* zodbot (8)
* hrw (6)
* yselkowitz (5)
* ahs3 (2)
* pjones (2)
* bemk (1)
* dmarlin (0)
* kyle (0)
* jonmasters (0)
* jsmith (0)




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