xcat-dep/yaboot

use rpmbuild -bb yaboot-xcat.spec to make the build yaboot-xcat-1.3.17-rc1.noarch.rpm





Patchs overview:



These patches are no use now:

1. yaboot-skipmac.patch--done

    This patch is used to skip using mac address in the configuration file.

    Since the P775 will use the mac address in the configuration file, I think it is no use anymore.

2. yaboot-1.3.15-promclaim.patch

    The newest official yaboot build has contained this patch.

3. yaboot-1.3.14-better_netboot.patch

    The newest official yaboot build has contained this patch.

4. yaboot-1.3.14-ipv6.patch

    The newest official yaboot build has contained this patch.

5. yaboot-fixes.patch

    This patch was not used in the last xcat-yaboot build.

6. yaboot-1.3.14-better_netboot2.patch

    The newest official yaboot build has contained this patch.

7. yaboot-1.3.14-move_kernel.patch

    Free the TFTP load buffer so the booted kernel has some memory to run with. It is no use for 3.17-rc1 yaboot build.



These patches will be used in the new build.

1. yaboot-32bitbuild.patch   

    Add the "-m32" compiler switch to tell GCC to compile user code as 32-bit.

2. yaboot-sanedhcppriority.patch 

    Use the mask and gateway from bootp package to overwrite the existed boot-path. 

    I've no idea about the reason of this patch, and don't think it is a necessary patch but still leave it here.    

   

New patches:

1. yaboot-promclaim.patch

    Claime big size on pROM for the large initrd file.

2. yaboot-debug.patch

    This patch adds some print and enable the debug information in yaboot, used to debug problems.