New kernels

[xeno74]

Kernel 6.8.0 RC4 up and running on my AmigaOne X5000

Still the DPAA network utonegotiation speed issue.

Many thanks for testing the RC4!

i think it started with 6.8 RC1 again, but ill have to look into that...

Good. I am looking forward to your test results.

[Skateman]

kernel 6.8.0 RC5 up and running on my AmigaOne X5000



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I have tried many older kernels but the auto negotiation issue seems to be around for a long time already. 5.10 final was fine but 6.7 final had the same issue. Anyway...
The fix was easy! Just IGNORE the auto negotiation speed settings and all kernels will accept this.

[xeno74]

Hi All,

The two week long merge window for 6.3 has been started and here is the first alpha for testing.

New:

• ...
• X5000: DPAA update
  ...

Download: linux-image-6.3-alpha1-X1000_X5000.tar.gz

@Skateman
Could you please test the alpha1 of kernel 6.3 because of the DPAA issue?

[Skateman]

Kernel 6.3 Alpha 1 does NOT suffer from the autonegotiation issue. All working fine with negotiation set to Automatic




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[xeno74]

Kernel 6.3 Alpha 1 does NOT suffer from the autonegotiation issue. All working fine with negotiation set to Automatic

Thanks for testing!

Hi All,

I released the second alpha of kernel 6.3 for the X1000 and X5000 today.

Download: linux-image-6.3-alpha2-X1000_X5000.tar.gz

Please also test the alpha2 of kernel 6.3.

Thanks

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Here is the RC6 of kernel 6.8 for testing.

New:

• Linux 6.8-rc6 Released: This Kernel May Need An Extra Week For Testing -- phoronix.com
• 6.8-rc6 announcement
• PowerPC fixes 6.8-4
• USB fixes
• SCSI fixes
• ATA fixes
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 6.8

Download: linux-image-6.8-rc6-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

[Skateman]

Kernel 6.8 RC8 up and running on my AmigaOne X5000



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[xeno74]

Hi Dave,

Thanks a lot for testing!

There is a way to solve the problem with the auto speed negotiation of the DPAA Onboard Ethernet.

We can figure out with bisecting which commit is responsible for this issue.

We know, that the alpha1 of kernel 6.3 doesn't have this issue.

Kernel 6.3 Alpha 1 does NOT suffer from the autonegotiation issue. All working fine with negotiation set to Automatic

I think, the issue starts with the alpha2 of kernel 6.3.
Could you also please test the alpha2 of kernel 6.3?
If the issue exists in the alpha2, then we know, that the problematic commit is between the alpha1 and alpha2 of kernel 6.3.

But bisecting takes a lot of time. If you have time, then we can try to solve the speed negotiation issue.

Cheers,
Christian

[Skateman]

Hi Cristian,

I am afraid i made a mistake after testing so many different kernels...

Final kernel 6.2 does not seem to have issues and 6.3 Alpha1 does have the negotiation issues. After testing again yesterday evening.
So i would suggest that the issue is in between Final kernel 6.2 and Alpha 1 of 6.3...
For now the issue is always solved when you set the negotiation on IGNORE or MANUAL (by setting the speed and duplex)

I will put some extra time in testing both 6.2 final and 6.3 alpha 1 just to be sure.

What happens when you set the negotiation to IGNORE and use the DPAA adapter ?

[xeno74]

Final kernel 6.2 does not seem to have issues and 6.3 Alpha1 does have the negotiation issues.

The developers added support for the eXpress Data Path XDP to the DPAA for the alpha1 of kernel 6.3.
This is a high-performance data path used to send and receive network packets at high rates by bypassing most of the operating system networking stack.

I removed this XDP support and then I compiled the new RC7 of kernel 6.8 for testing.

uImage-6.8-rc7-dpaa

Please test it.