[ironic] ARM Support in CI: Call for vendors / contributors / interested parties
Alvaro Soto
alsotoes at gmail.com
Tue Apr 4 20:52:59 UTC 2023
I saw CentOS 8/9 and Debian images; any plans on working with Ubuntu?
Cheers!
On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 2:16 PM Jonathan Rosser <jonathan.rosser at rd.bbc.co.uk>
wrote:
> Hi Jay,
>
> We did not need to make any changes to Ironic.
>
> At the time we first got things working I don't think there was a
> published ARM64 image, but it would have been of great benefit as it was
> another component to bootstrap and have uncertainty about if we had done
> it properly.
>
> I've uploaded the published experimental image to our environment and
> will have an opportunity to test that soon.
>
> Jon.
>
> On 31/03/2023 17:01, Jay Faulkner wrote:
> > Thanks for responding, Jonathan!
> >
> > Did you have to make any downstream changes to Ironic for this to
> > work? Are you using our published ARM64 image or using their own?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jay Faulkner
> > Ironic PTL
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 7:56 AM Jonathan Rosser
> > <jonathan.rosser at rd.bbc.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > I have Ironic working with Supermicro MegaDC / Ampere CPU in a
> > R12SPD-A
> > system board using the ipmi driver.
> >
> > Jon.
> >
> > On 29/03/2023 19:39, Jay Faulkner wrote:
> > > Hi stackers,
> > >
> > > Ironic has published an experimental Ironic Python Agent image for
> > > ARM64
> > >
> > (
> https://tarballs.opendev.org/openstack/ironic-python-agent-builder/dib/files/
> )
> >
> > > and discussed promoting this image to supported via CI testing.
> > > However, we have a problem: there are no Ironic developers with
> > easy
> > > access to ARM hardware at the moment, and no Ironic developers with
> > > free time to commit to improving our support of ARM hardware.
> > >
> > > So we're putting out a call for help:
> > > - If you're a hardware vendor and want your ARM hardware supported?
> > > Please come talk to the Ironic community about setting up
> > third-party-CI.
> > > - Are you an operator or contributor from a company invested in ARM
> > > bare metal? Please come join the Ironic community to help us build
> > > this support.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jay Faulkner
> > > Ironic PTL
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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