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[[Category:Fedora ARM Meeting]]
=CDOT Fedora ARM Team Meeting 2012-08-08=
= Updates =
== Rebuild ==
* Not using full capacity - need to bring up at meeting this afternoon
* Hit F18 branch - need tags for ARM?
== Pi ==
* The 004 Image looks good - some reports of issues but can't recreate (?)
* Swap creation seems reliable
* Additional firstboot modules
** Video configuration
** Memory configuration
** Keyboard config (language?)
* Firstboot changes
** Accelerator keys
* Installer (NEED TAKER)
** XZ compression - can we support this in the installer? pyliblzma
** Mac support?
** Windows priviledge support via manifest
** Language support - parsing output of other commands
** Command-line operation
* Image shrink (Andrew) 
** 2G card
** See Harold Hoyer's systemd boot optimization blog post
== V6 Experiments ==
* Build the Remix package set for armv6sf armv6hf (Jon + Chris)
** Oscar to rebuild armv6hf
** Felix to rebuild armv6sf
== Lab ==
* Need HP PC set up (Max)
* Need cleanup for tour tomorrow morning (!)
== Buildfarm ==
* Icinga up and running!j
* Jordan to do a demo/seminar soon
== Packages ==
* Look at the VC demos
* Test gpio libraries
* Look at the Adafruit image, see what libraries they are using
* Scratch (Max + Chris)
==maxam updates==
*Setup and Maintenance
**WhiteyBoard in the Lab - Done (a million thanks to agreene!)
**WhiteyBoard in other locations (all credits to agreene - certified WhiteyBoard expert)
**Organizing the Pi+TV table in the Lab - ?
**HP Touch based Computer as Fedora - Not done
*No RTC Package
**ctyler did an informal review
**Did bug fixes and other fixes according to ctyler's suggestion
**Ready to be deployed (with ctyler's approval) in the rpfr repo
**Will attempt to get it in the main koji / arm koji - ?
*RPFR Compose Script - rpfrcompose15.max(am)
**Enhancements
**#Removed older commented out commands - cleaner
**#Reduced time to install and reinstall packages
**#Removed rc.local based time fix
**#Added nortc - as a yum localinstall
**#Utilized image resizer script by ctyler
**#Auto xz compression - slow conn. download happy size - faster burn rate
**#Auto image availability as http://huttriver.proximity.on.ca/outbound/maxam.build.xz
**Concerns
**#Removed some commented out commands that were for debugging
**#Outbound maxambuild image gets over written regardless of a good/bootable image compose when the compose script runs
**#The xz command claims all the time recovered in the install process
**#The image resizer script has mixed success
*Backup (hoping everyone read the email from yesterday - if not, please read it)
**Now: Stick to the current version of blaze-wildfire
**Test1: Newer version of blaze-wildfire which envokes rsync in a different way
***Recommandations
***#Test the newer blaze-wildfire
***#Go through a test phase (2 or 3 days)
**Test2: Longterm (and necessary) solution is to add lvm and lv snapshot to get a better (less volatile) copy of the repo
***Concerns
***#Minor possibility of a performance hit
***#Cost $1850+ CDN ($1300 for the 600G SSD and $170x2 for the 3T drives)
***#Setup complications - remove raid, add drives, new raid, do lvm and so on - reasonable amonut of smaller steps in between that could go wrong
***#Requires chile to be down - buildfarm will be down
***Recommandations (after Test1)
***#Test the lv snapshot scenario in scotland (ctyler graciously agreed to supervise ) - less chance of maxam destroying scotland :)
***#Go through another test phase
***#Schedule downtime -- let the channel & list know ahead of time
***#Go thru hardware upgrade in chile and then adding the lv and snapshot process
***#At anypoint if anything goes wrong - scream like a little child and go seek help from ctyler