Kernel 4.4

[xeno74]

Don't know what is going on but after several tries I keep getting a

Not an ELF executable format

When trying to boot the 4.1 kernel.

Could you format the CF card, please?

[mechanic]

That fixed the no boot problem.
Thanks.

[xeno74]

That fixed the no boot problem.
Thanks.

Excellent!

@All
FYI: Creating an initrd.gz:

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mkinitramfs -o initrd.img-4.4-rc2

[xeno74]

The RC2 is available for testing.

New:

• Support for the new interrupt handling
• Boot by UUID or disk label with an initrd
• Linux 4.4-rc2 Kernel Released - phoronix
• Torvalds' 4.4-rc2 release announcement

Download: vmlinux-4.4-rc2-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2

ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS PowerPC with the kernel 4.4 RC2 and E-UAE JIT PowerPC:



PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE test the PASemi ethernet.

Thanks in advance,

Christian

[zzd10h]

Sorry for the delay...

You are right, PASemi eth is not working but RTL8169 works fine.

[xeno74]

Sorry for the delay...

You are right, PASemi eth is not working but RTL8169 works fine.

Many thanks for testing!

[xeno74]

New patch for the RC3: nemo_4.4-2.patch

[xeno74]

FYI: [P.A. Semi] Does the ethernet interface work on your Electra, Chitra, Nemo, and Athena board? -- Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List

[xeno74]

With kernel 4.4-rc3:

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dhclient eth0

RTNETLINK answers: Cannot allocate memory

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dmesg | grep -i eth0

[ 2.297473] eth0: PA Semi GMAC: intf 5, hw addr 02:00:e0:0a:30:00

With kernel 4.1.13:

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dmesg | grep -i eth0

[ 2.328115] eth0: PA Semi GMAC: intf 5, hw addr 02:00:e0:0a:30:00
[ 37.130466] eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.

[xeno74]

Here is the RC3 for testing: vmlinux-4.4-rc3-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2

New: Linux 4.4-rc3 Kernel Released -- phoronix.com