Looking for access to an s390 (git-core: [FTBFS] t7400-submodule-basic.sh fails)

[Frans Pop]

I’m looking for someone who could give access to an s390 or ia64
to track down a test failure in git-core.

I can't help you with access to an s390 system, but one option could be for
yourself to use the Hercules s/390 emulator and run your own s390 system.
Hercules is available as a package in Debian.

The emulator isn't fast and I wouldn't use it for any huge compilations,
but it should do well enough for working on a test case.

The emulator is very solid. I've been using it to run s390 for the past 5
years or so.

Some info on getting started can be found here:
- http://www.josefsipek.net/docs/s390-linux/

The main thing is to set up networking correctly. The hercules package
should have some info on that in /usr/share/doc. Feel free to contact me
if you get stuck.

Cheers,
FJP

[Jonathan Nieder]

Post by Frans Pop
I can't help you with access to an s390 system, but one option could be for
yourself to use the Hercules s/390 emulator and run your own s390 system.
Hercules is available as a package in Debian.

Sounds excellent. Will try.

Many thanks,
Jonathan

[Jonathan Nieder]

[fjp: sorry for the duplicate message]

I have been following the instructions at
http://www.josefsipek.net/docs/s390-linux/hercules-s390.html

[...]

I started hercules and set up forwarding to the wlan0 interface with
iptables, also following the instructions from that site. Then I
typed "ipl c" and received the result
HHCCP007I CPU0000 architecture mode set to ESA/390
HHCCP011I CPU0000: Disabled wait state
PSW=000A0000 00000000
Command ==>
and the emulator sits there

Tried again with images from
http://people.debian.org/~fjp/d-i/s390/images/20100129-17:54/
and from
http://people.debian.org/~fjp/d-i/s390/images/daily/

The former reproduced the old problem; the latter works great (it’ll
take a while to finish, but at the end I hope to write an installation
report).

So whatever was wrong appears to have been fixed. Thanks, FJP.

Jonathan