Fedora ARM Meeting 2012 August 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
    1. Removed older commented out commands - cleaner
    2. Reduced time to install and reinstall packages
    3. Removed rc.local based time fix
    4. Added nortc - as a yum localinstall
    5. Utilized image resizer script by ctyler
    6. Auto xz compression - slow conn. download happy size - faster burn rate
    7. Auto image availability as http://huttriver.proximity.on.ca/outbound/maxam.build.xz
  • Concerns
    1. Removed some commented out commands that were for debugging
    2. Outbound maxambuild image gets over written regardless of a good/bootable image compose when the compose script runs
    3. The xz command claims all the time recovered in the install process
    4. 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
      1. Test the newer blaze-wildfire
      2. 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
      1. Minor possibility of a performance hit
      2. Cost $1850+ CDN ($1300 for the 600G SSD and $170x2 for the 3T drives)
      3. Setup complications - remove raid, add drives, new raid, do lvm and so on - reasonable amonut of smaller steps in between that could go wrong
      4. Requires chile to be down - buildfarm will be down
    • Recommandations (after Test1)
      1. Test the lv snapshot scenario in scotland (ctyler graciously agreed to supervise ) - less chance of maxam destroying scotland :)
      2. Go through another test phase
      3. Schedule downtime -- let the channel & list know ahead of time
      4. Go thru hardware upgrade in chile and then adding the lv and snapshot process
      5. At anypoint if anything goes wrong - scream like a little child and go seek help from ctyler