Purpose
The purpose of this page is to demonstrate that kfreebsd-i386 meets the [http://release.debian.org/lenny_arch_policy.html architecture recertification criteria for lenny].
If some of these requirements are irrelevant or implausible for the port, please add a waiver request indicating why and how this isn't a problem for the arch in bold.
Availability
The architecture is publicly available without NDAs via:
1. [http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9331,00.html AMD]
2. [http://www.intel.com/technology/architecture-silicon/intel64/index.htm Intel]
Developer machines
The following machines are available to developers:
io.debian.net - maintained by Aurelien Jarno and Gürkan Sengün, connectivity by ETH Zürich, Department of Physics.
Port maintainers
The Debian port is maintained by the following developers, who actively work on architecture specific issues:
- Aurelien Jarno
- Petr Salinger
- Guillem Jover
- Robert Millan
- Cyril Brulebois
Users
The port is being actively used at the following sites:
[http://io.debian.net/ io.debian.net], with 81 users.
- friki.frikazos.com, with 12 users.
Popcon indicates 12 users of the architecture as at 2007/10/24.
Installer
Debian-Installer is not ported yet. A hacked version of FreeBSD installer is currently used.
[http://glibc-bsd.alioth.debian.org/install-cd/kfreebsd-i386/current/ Install CD]
[http://glibc-bsd.alioth.debian.org/doc/ Install guide]
[http://www.hermann-uwe.de/blog/testing-stuff-with-qemu-part-3-debian-gnu-kfreebsd A short guide for installing Debian GNU/kFreeBSD in QEMU] (unofficial)
Upstream support
Upstream support is provided by:
- glibc: not supported upstream. Petr Salinger and Aurelien Jarno maintain patches on svn.debian.org.
- gcc, g++: not officially supported, but changeset is already merged upstream.
- kernel: yes, supported by FreeBSD.
- boot loader:
- FreeBSD loader: yes, supported by FreeBSD.
- GRUB: Upstream supports UFS1 and UFS2, and loading kFreeBSD via /boot/loader.
Archive coverage and Autobuilder support
As of 2007/11/11:
The port is currently at 93% up to date according to [http://buildd.debian-ports.org/stats/graph2-week.png the buildd stats] (95% cut off)
- The port has currently built 84% of the archive (90% cut off),
Archive cleanliness
The port builds from unmodified Debian source. (Except a few packages that are provided separately in a third-party archive.)
Autobuilders
The following machines run buildds for the port:
- oldstable (oldstable-proposed-updates, oldstable-security)
This suite does not exist for kfreebsd-i386.
- stable (proposed-updates, stable-security)
This suite does not exist for kfreebsd-i386.
- testing (testing-proposed-updates, testing-security)
This suite does not exist for kfreebsd-i386.
- unstable
- himalia1.debian.net - connectivity via 100MBps, hosted by Lost Oasis, buildd logs checked and administrated by Aurelien Jarno.
- ganymede1.debian.net - connectivity via 100MBps, hosted by LRI, buildd logs checked and administrated by Aurelien Jarno.
- experimental
- himalia1.debian.net - connectivity via 100MBps, hosted by Lost Oasis, buildd logs checked and administrated by Aurelien Jarno.
- ganymede1.debian.net - connectivity via 100MBps, hosted by LRI, buildd logs checked and administrated by Aurelien Jarno.
Vetoes
The security team have noted the following problems in supporting the architecture:
- None
The Debian admin team have noted the following problems in supporting the architecture:
- None
The stable release team have noted the following problems in supporting the architecture:
- None
The release team have noted the following problems in supporting the architecture:
- None