Kernel 4.9

[xeno74]

So with Kernel 4.8.8 Ubuntu gets a kernel.panic (udevadm and xorg tainted)

That's strange. I successfully tested the kernel 4.8.8 with ubuntu MATE 17.04 and with ubuntu MATE 16.04.1 LTS. Which graphics card is installed in your A1-X1000 currently? Thank you for testing!

Debian9 boots fine but it is not seeing my USB-Stick.

That's also strange. Could you please post some error messages in the thread Kernel 4.8?

Stick are this -> "Edimax EW-7612UAn V2"

OK, the V2 of EW-7612UAn is based on the RTL8192SU chipset. It seems it works with the driver 8712u. (see ubuntuforums.org)

Kernel driver: Realtek RTL8712 USB device. I will add this driver to the RC6 of kernel 4.9.

[xeno74]

I don't want to ruin my Btrfs partition. I tried to figure things out with our little experiment but you nipped that experiment in the bud. If you had let it continue just a little bit longer maybe I would have known more.

Hi Srtest,

Sorry for my late answer. I compiled the RC5 with some Btrfs options enabled today.

Download: vmlinux-4.9-rc5-AmigaONE_X1000-btrfs.tar.gz

Please test the RC5.

Thanks,
Christian

[Srtest]

Then I remind you yet again that no kernel works here since the 4.7 series.

Edit:

A larger number kernel series.

[xeno74]

Then I remind you yet again that no kernel works here since the 4.7 series.

Edit:

A larger number kernel series.

I think, something is different at your X1000. No one has these problems.

That report doesn't really tell us very much. Is there any chance you can hook you system up to serial terminal and catch the boot log for us? I'm writing this from my X1000, fitted with my HD7750 - and I booted Christians alpha 5 (this was all I had handy) - The boot procceded just as all others do. There is something funny going on with your system and we need more information to find out what.

Everythings looks normal here. I *really* need to see serial capute of the failed boot - We are completely in the dark with out that. Remember that both TearsOfMe and I have successfully booted with a SI card in, so the new patch has worked on systems very similar to yours.

[xeno74]

Srtest,

I can't help you because I am completely in the dark. Unfortunately the kernel 4.7 reached its end of live but I will release further updates of the stable longterm kernel 4.1. Maybe you could use the kernel 4.1 instead in the future. What do you think?

Cheers,
Christian

[Srtest]

Is that card the same as the R9 series especially the bigger ones? no. Ask Hans. Eventually more users will come to this situation and then maybe it will get fixed. I have the same X1k as everyone with a most generic 8GB CF card to boot from. If everything works perfectly (except for issues that plague everyone who have similiar configs) and then from a certain kernel it does not then do not look at me. I'm fine using 4.7 as long as it works with my Lubuntu-LXQt installation.

Edit:

Ok, here that last possible difference I can think of: a Catweasel MK2 AmigaKit put together with the X1k at my request. From what I know about it it can't be the cause as it isn't recognizable if not enabled by software. Bear in mind it doesn't even get to the part where it can get stuck at those places like maybe a bad hd or connector. It gets stuck at the beginning which can only mean either the graphics card or something early in the boot process.

[xeno74]

It gets stuck at the beginning which can only mean either the graphics card or something early in the boot process.

Yes, the problem could be the graphics card. Maybe a firmware is missing but I didn't change the firmwares between 4.7 and 4.8.

[xeno74]

It boots fine.

Testet with Fedora25 Debian9 and Lubuntu16.10

I can use now a USB-Wlan-Adapter and see my Wlan(3 different SSID with wpa1 and wpa2) but cannot connect to it.

Could you please try to mount your Btrfs partitions with this kernel: vmlinux-4.9-rc5-AmigaONE_X1000-btrfs.tar.gz?

[daz]

Is that card the same as the R9 series especially the bigger ones? no. Ask Hans. Eventually more users will come to this situation and then maybe it will get fixed. I have the same X1k as everyone with a most generic 8GB CF card to boot from. If everything works perfectly (except for issues that plague everyone who have similiar configs) and then from a certain kernel it does not then do not look at me. I'm fine using 4.7 as long as it works with my Lubuntu-LXQt installation.

Edit:

Ok, here that last possible difference I can think of: a Catweasel MK2 AmigaKit put together with the X1k at my request. From what I know about it it can't be the cause as it isn't recognizable if not enabled by software. Bear in mind it doesn't even get to the part where it can get stuck at those places like maybe a bad hd or connector. It gets stuck at the beginning which can only mean either the graphics card or something early in the boot process.

Its not the Catweasel, as I have one of those in my machine, they don't cause problems.
I don't think it is the graphics card either, The hang is happening right after the kernel quieses the open firmware. This is similar to the boot problem we had when they switched kernel addresses from constants to variables.

To see what's going on I need to either reproduce it (I can't) or see a serial boot log, which ATM only you can get for me as only you are affected.

Debugging kernel boot problems is tricky when you have an affected machine in front of you, almost impossible when you don't, I won't be able to look into this further until I have more info.

Regards
Darren

[xeno74]

FYI: Merge tag powerpc-4.9-5