Fedora ppc64 install fails on qemu-system-ppc64

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 07:27:51AM -0500, Brent Baude wrote:
> 
> Yes, you should only see those instructions in the ppc64p7 RPMs.  Those
> RPMs should only be getting selected by rpm/yum when it detects a POWER7
> system, which isn't the case here as I understand it.  There is something
> else going on.

Originally I was giving it a POWER7 (virtual) CPU.

The install CD contains a small number of *.ppc64p7.rpm files (see
below), so it's plausible that some were installed and then some RPM
%post script failed because it used that code.  I notice glibc is in
the list.

Unfortunately other -cpu types don't get very far booting.  POWER7
gets all the way into Anaconda.  Everything else I've tried fails to
even enter the kernel.

I'll have a working G5 system shortly, although it'd still be nice if
qemu-system-ppc64 was a supported option.  Physical hardware (or
remote) sucks for occasional use.

Rich.

Packages/b/bzip2-1.0.6-8.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/b/bzip2-devel-1.0.6-8.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/b/bzip2-libs-1.0.6-8.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/c/cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-8.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/c/cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.26-8.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/c/cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.26-8.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/c/cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.26-8.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/c/cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.26-8.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/c/cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.26-8.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/g/glibc-2.17-4.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/g/glibc-common-2.17-4.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/g/glibc-devel-2.17-4.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/g/glibc-headers-2.17-4.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/h/httpd-2.4.4-6.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/h/httpd-tools-2.4.4-6.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/k/kernel-3.9.5-301.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/k/kernel-bootwrapper-3.9.5-301.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/k/kernel-devel-3.9.5-301.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/k/kernel-headers-3.9.5-301.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/k/kernel-modules-extra-3.9.5-301.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/l/libxml2-2.9.1-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/l/libxml2-devel-2.9.1-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/l/libxml2-python-2.9.1-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/m/mariadb-5.5.31-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/m/mariadb-embedded-5.5.31-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/m/mariadb-libs-5.5.31-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/m/mariadb-server-5.5.31-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/m/mod_ssl-2.4.4-6.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/o/openssl-1.0.1e-4.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/o/openssl-devel-1.0.1e-4.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/o/openssl-libs-1.0.1e-4.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/pam-1.1.6-11.fc19.1.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/pam-devel-1.1.6-11.fc19.1.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/pcre-8.32-7.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/pcre-devel-8.32-7.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-bcmath-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-cli-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-common-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-devel-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-gd-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-imap-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-ldap-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-mbstring-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-mcrypt-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-mysqlnd-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-pdo-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-pgsql-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-process-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-soap-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/php-xml-5.5.0-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/postgresql-9.2.4-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/postgresql-libs-9.2.4-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/postgresql-server-9.2.4-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/python-2.7.5-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/python-devel-2.7.5-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/python-libs-2.7.5-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/python3-3.3.2-2.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/p/python3-libs-3.3.2-2.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/s/sendmail-8.14.7-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/t/tkinter-2.7.5-1.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/x/xz-5.1.2-4alpha.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/x/xz-devel-5.1.2-4alpha.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/x/xz-libs-5.1.2-4alpha.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/z/zlib-1.2.7-10.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm
Packages/z/zlib-devel-1.2.7-10.fc19.ppc64p7.rpm


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