May 17, 2023
Attendees: Charles, Steve, Trevor Tao, Jackie Huang, Davlet, Linda
  1.  
  2. General Topics
  3. ARM Support  
    1. Ampere Server Support
    2. new features such as swapping kernel, kernel module for in-tree modules need community member to support and maintain.
    3. HPE Ampere server - 1 Altra 1x80 Cores ARM (location NA)
    4. Already set up
      1. build environment 
      2. VM test environment
    5. Porting is in progress, and built pkgs from master branch and a bootable ISO image
    6. 28 packages failed built (work around by removing them from ISO image)
    7. Install and work on standard kernel
    8. RT kernel still failed to build.
    9. a few package will need help from engineering team for remaining packages, ELF packages, kernel, and kernel modules, specifically rt-kernel will need help from engineering.  
    10. For ARM Build, we also need to re-generate container image for ARM arch. For container images, we push them to docker hub, and startlingX.
      1. AI#1: Sent email to StartlingX mailing list to get tmp access to docker hub. 
    11. Packages for x86_64 are in CNGN, need to push ARM packages there.. how to do so?
    12. ELF SDK is used to build image. Need to push the SDK to CNGN.
      1. AI#2 Only built the SDK, then send email to Davelet Panch (or StartlingX mailing list)
    13. How to moderate source code, add the machine-type = aarch 64/arm, add another name for UIO for ARM.
      1. AI#3 need to discuss how to use these naming mechanism.
      2. AI#4 also the branching name. How to build ARM branch in addtion to X86_64.
  4. StartlingX 8.0
    1. ISO size bigger than 4G,
      1. Resolved with option parameters passing into ISO build.
    2. SPEC to be written by Mark regarding new direction for the kernel, possibly to use the newer version of  Debian kernel.
    3. SPEC from Chuck on OSTree generation on the colltroller, pending review.

Next Meeting: May 31, 2023