Kernel 4.6

[xeno74]

FYI: Patching for the alpha4:

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christian@AmigaoneX1000:~/Downloads/linux-4.6$ patch -p0 < nemo_4.6-1.patch
patching file linux-4.6/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
patching file linux-4.6/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c
patching file linux-4.6/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
patching file linux-4.6/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/iommu.c
patching file linux-4.6/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/Kconfig
patching file linux-4.6/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/pci.c
patching file linux-4.6/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c
patching file linux-4.6/arch/powerpc/sysdev/i8259.c
patching file linux-4.6/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
patching file linux-4.6/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
patching file linux-4.6/drivers/ata/pata_atiixp.c
patching file linux-4.6/drivers/ata/pata_of_platform.c
patching file linux-4.6/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_pm.c
patching file linux-4.6/drivers/pci/pci.c
patching file linux-4.6/drivers/pci/probe.c
patching file linux-4.6/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
patching file linux-4.6/sound/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c
christian@AmigaoneX1000:~/Downloads/linux-4.6$ patch -p0 < kvm-pr.patch
patching file linux-4.6/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
patching file linux-4.6/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio_hv.c
patching file linux-4.6/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S

-- Christian

[xeno74]

Alpha4

Hi All,

Here is another alpha for you for testing.

Download: vmlinux-4.6-alpha4-AmigaONE_X1000.tar.gz

New:

• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.6
• KVM Changes Ready For The Linux 4.6 Kernel -- phoronix
• Linux Git log
• KVM-PR patch
• KVM issue fixed

Debian MATE PowerPC with the alpha4 of kernel 4.6 (latest Git kernel with the new KVM-PR):



PLEASE test the alpha4.

Cheers,

Christian

[xeno74]

The Linux kernel 4.6 alpha5 is available for testing.

New:

• Linux Git log
• Linux 4.6 Begins Laying The Foundation For POWER9 -- phoronix
• Linux 4.6 Staging Has 1600+ Patches, ~400 Patches From Outreachy -- phoronix
• HID Driver Updates For Linux 4.6: Several Logitech, Microsoft Improvements -- phoronix
• Linux 4.6 To Support Runtime Power Management Of AHCI Controllers -- phoronix
• EXT4 For Linux 4.6 Brings Some Scalability & Performance Improvements -- phoronix

Download: vmlinux-4.6-alpha5-AmigaONE_X1000.tar.gz

Note: If you want to compile the kernel, then you have to patch the kernel source code with the Nemo patch. For the PR KVM support you have to patch the kernel source code with the kvm-pr patch additionally.

I successfully tested the new PR KVM with a virtual Power Mac G3 machine today.



Please test the alpha5.

Rgds,

Christian

[xeno74]

New Nemo patch for the alpha6: nemo_4.6-2.patch

[xeno74]

Here is the alpha6.

Download: vmlinux-4.6-alpha6-AmigaONE_X1000.tar.gz

New:

• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.6
• Linux Git log
• PowerPC updates 4.6-1
• New Nemo patch 4.6-2

[xeno74]

I released the alpha7 today.

New:

• All updates from last night (Sunday/Monday)
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.6
• Linux Git log

Download: vmlinux-4.6-alpha7-AmigaONE_X1000.tar.gz

Note: If you want to compile the kernel, then you have to patch the kernel source code with the Nemo patch. For the PR KVM support you have to patch the kernel source code with the kvm-pr patch additionally.

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I released the alpha8 today.

New:

• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.6
• Linux Git log
• Radeon updates (drm-next)
• Btrfs updates

Download: vmlinux-4.6-alpha8-AmigaONE_X1000.tar.gz

The alpha8 of kernel 4.6 with ViewTube:



Cheers,

Christian

[xeno74]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE test the P.A. Semi Ethernet with the alpha8.

[xeno74]

Alpha9: The KVM developers fixed the problem with PR KVM last night. We don't need the PR KVM patch anymore.

[xeno74]

The alpha9 is available for testing.

New:

• All updates from last night (Tuesday/Wednesday)
• PR KVM problems fixed. We don't need the PR KVM patch anymore
• Linux Git log

FYI: Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.6

Download: vmlinux-4.6-alpha9-AmigaONE_X1000.tar.gz