Jekyll2021-02-08T09:17:36+00:00/feed.xmlYaboot is a PowerPC bootloader for Open Firmware http://playground.sun.com/1275/home.html based machines including New World Apple Macintosh, IBM RS/6000, IBM pSeries and IBM OpenPower machines.2021-02-08T07:50:01+00:002021-02-08T07:50:01+00:00/project-updates/2021/02/08/move-to-git<p>I’ve setup git for yaboot development. I’ll be using this rather than arch:</p> <div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>git clone git://ozlabs.org/srv/projects/yaboot/yaboot.git </code></pre></div></div>

I’ve setup git for yaboot development. I’ll be using this rather than arch:

2021-02-08T07:50:01+00:002021-02-08T07:50:01+00:00/release/2021/02/08/yaboot-1.3.14-release<p>A little late yaboot 1.3.14 is now released - next release planned for January 18.</p> <div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>sha1sum yaboot-1.3.14.tar.gz 2bf7594a921075371acf468a46776d0f93e315a6 yaboot-1.3.14.tar.gz </code></pre></div></div>

A little late yaboot 1.3.14 is now released - next release planned for January 18.

2021-02-08T07:50:01+00:002021-02-08T07:50:01+00:00/project-updates/2021/02/08/new_maintainer<p>After several years of service to the yaboot community Paul Nasrat has <a href="http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/yaboot-users/2009-May/000128.html">handed care of yaboot</a> to Tony Breeds</p>

After several years of service to the yaboot community Paul Nasrat has handed care of yaboot to Tony Breeds

2021-02-08T07:50:01+00:002021-02-08T07:50:01+00:00/project-updates/2021/02/08/now-with-dco<p>Yaboot will now be following a process similar to the linux kernel’s Any patch submitted for inclusion in yaboot must have a “Signed-Off-By” stating that the submitter agrees with the “Developer’s Certificate of Origin” (DCO). The DCO can be found in the root of the yaboot source directory from 1.3.16 on.</p>

Yaboot will now be following a process similar to the linux kernel’s Any patch submitted for inclusion in yaboot must have a “Signed-Off-By” stating that the submitter agrees with the “Developer’s Certificate of Origin” (DCO). The DCO can be found in the root of the yaboot source directory from 1.3.16 on.

2021-02-08T07:50:01+00:002021-02-08T07:50:01+00:00/release/2021/02/08/yaboot-1.3.15-release<div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>$ sha1sum yaboot-1.3.15.tar.gz 8f74d491a6f5bcbe0359e65c7738bf3fdbc69c54 yaboot-1.3.15.tar.gz </code></pre></div></div>

$ sha1sum yaboot-1.3.15.tar.gz 8f74d491a6f5bcbe0359e65c7738bf3fdbc69c54 yaboot-1.3.15.tar.gz

2021-02-08T07:50:01+00:002021-02-08T07:50:01+00:00/release/2021/02/08/yaboot-1.3.16-release<div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>$ sha1sum yaboot-1.3.16.tar.gz 6c87bb041e8dc569b624d99ec5a5d53c8911319f yaboot-1.3.16.tar.gz </code></pre></div></div>

$ sha1sum yaboot-1.3.16.tar.gz 6c87bb041e8dc569b624d99ec5a5d53c8911319f yaboot-1.3.16.tar.gz

2021-02-08T07:50:01+00:002021-02-08T07:50:01+00:00/release/project-updates/2021/02/08/new-1.3.15-tarball<p>Due to a silly typo the yaboot-1.3.15.tar.gz was pretty much useless. I’ve updated the tarball. Sorry all.</p> <div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>MD5: 6027909805490b644816e800aba9f5a6 yaboot-1.3.15.tar.gz SHA1: 7f394d81522fe1e7aed9daf8ad06568d6b74267f yaboot-1.3.15.tar.gz </code></pre></div></div> <p>Thanks to <a href="http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/yaboot-devel/2010-July/000338.html&quot;">acrux</a> for pointing out the problem.</p>

Due to a silly typo the yaboot-1.3.15.tar.gz was pretty much useless. I’ve updated the tarball. Sorry all.

2021-02-08T07:50:01+00:002021-02-08T07:50:01+00:00/release/2021/02/08/yaboot-1.3.17-release<div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>MD5: f599f52d1887a86fd798252d2946f635 yaboot-1.3.17.tar.gz SHA1: 672011dbcd35890ae984ede6ddfcda0a75221115 yaboot-1.3.17.tar.gz </code></pre></div></div> <p>Key features are:</p> <ul> <li>Better netboot</li> <li>IPv6 support for netboot</li> <li>Bug fixes for iscsi and pSeries</li> <li>Removal of old dead code</li> <li>Now builds with -Werror</li> </ul> <p>The upcomming 1.3.18 release will focus on ofpath updates.</p>

MD5: f599f52d1887a86fd798252d2946f635 yaboot-1.3.17.tar.gz SHA1: 672011dbcd35890ae984ede6ddfcda0a75221115 yaboot-1.3.17.tar.gz

2021-02-08T07:50:01+00:002021-02-08T07:50:01+00:00/project-updates/2021/02/08/move-to-github<p>As of today the canonical source for yaboot will be on <a href="https://github.com/yaboot/yaboot">GitHub</a>. The url <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">yaboot.ozlabs.org</code> shoudl continue to work as expected.</p> <p>There are a few issues I’m working on, like [the default branch][issue-one]</p>

As of today the canonical source for yaboot will be on GitHub. The url yaboot.ozlabs.org shoudl continue to work as expected.