Red Hat is designed to standardize Linux 64-bit ARM servers

RedHat hopes to use the LinuxforARM server to avoid decades of Unix splitting. IDG News Agency-Redhat has developed a server version of the Linux operating system, which can be used to test the ARMv8-A64-bit-based chip and its peripheral hardware, is expected in the unified server market. Based on the company's Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), the release is part of a Partner Program launched by red hat on Wednesday for potential ARM hardware vendors. & Ldqu

RedHat hopes to use the Linux for ARM server to avoid decades of Unix splitting.

IDG News Agency-Redhat has developed a server version of the Linux operating system, can be used to test the chip based on ARMv8-A 64-bit architecture and its peripheral hardware, is expected in the unified server market.

Based on the company's Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), the release is part of a Partner Program launched by red hat on Wednesday for potential ARM hardware vendors.

"We do not call it RHEL, but it is a function that can be used in partner development without providing technical support ", said Mark Coggin, senior director of product marketing at RedHat platform.

The Red Hat design solution conforms to the hardware manufacturer's ARMv8-A specification Implementation standard. ARM itself does not produce its own processor, but authorizes its design rights to chip manufacturers.

The standard solution will mean that users can buy ARMv8-A servers from any manufacturer, and they know that their ARM 64-bit operating systems and software will work perfectly on no matter who produces the chips, coggin said. RedHat hopes that Linux ARM will avoid the fate of breaking into many incompatible versions like AT&T's Unix operating system.

"We have seen the importance of early market access and are confident that we will not fall into such fragmentation: If you want to run an amd arm solution, you need a corresponding Linux version, if you want to run the Broadcom ARM solution, you need another version, "Coggin said.

Earlier this year, some ARM server standardization work has been completed by an industry association known as the server system infrastructure (SBSA) specification and Linaro enterprise group. Red Hat's unnamed ARM Linux distributions use specifications from these two organizations.

Red Hat not only hopes to influence chip manufacturers, but also hardware suppliers, OEMs and ODM.

So far, manufacturers like Advanced Micro Devices, American Megatrends, AppliedMicro, Broadcom, Cavium, Dell, and HP have promised to support Red Hat standardization.

"If ARM will eventually become a strong competitor in the server field, the [hardware provider] will reach a consensus that the server in this architecture is also feasible. Currently, customers and their needs are in the x86 world, "Yan Fisher, Red Hat technology product marketing manager said.

In this way, RedHat will learn more about the manufacturer's requirements for the 64-bit ARM Linux Enterprise Edition, Coggin said. One day, the basic operating system may become the ARM version of RHEL.

"We are trying to understand the technical needs of our platform," Coggin said. "We don't know if or when it will become a product, but we have a self-positioning approach. In some cases, we believe that we can enter the market ."

Although Red Hat's Fedora Project has been providing Release versions of the ARM architecture for the past and present, the work based on Fedora can support more ARM servers.

Although ARM processors are widely used in most mobile devices, it has not been until recently seen signs of using them as data centers in the same industry. Their low-power design can greatly reduce energy consumption.

Currently only a few ARMv8-A processors and related hardware are available, most of which are some early developer previewed or pre-installed proprietary systems.

AMD haolong A1100 series ARM processors, designed for servers, will be released to developers on Wednesday. AMD also provides Cortex-A57 ARMv8 designed specifically for SOC (Note: system-on-a-chip on-chip Systems) architectures.

AppliedMicro provides product-level ARM servers. Under the brand of X-Gene, HP is preparing to launch its ARM server product line for testing. The motherboard manufacturer Megatrends USA provides a BIOS chip to start the ARM processor.

Via: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9250061/Red_Hat_aims_to_standardize_Linux_for_64_bit_ARM_servers? TaxonomyId = 122

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