New kernels

[xeno74]

yes, I booted it classic way, no initrd, no label something like:

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setenv bootargs "root=/dev/sdbx rootdelay=10"
boot -elf -noints -fs=ext2 usbdisk0:vmlinux

Is sdbX on a USB drive?

[musa]

Hi
Kernel vmlinux-6.4_rc6 boot with Fienix, Adelie and Debian 64. Debian 64 collapsed with the last update and failed to recover so I have to reinstall now .
No error with kernel boot. No I download and unpack on a second system every time.
Have a nice day
Here is Debian 64 before it breakdown.

[xeno74]

Here is Debian 64 before it breakdown.

Hi Peter,

Many thanks for testing! I also tried to update Debian PPC64 today but without any success. It doesn't work anymore.

I installed Fienix instead today.





Cheers,
Christian

[sailorMH]

Is sdbX on a USB drive?

no, it is SATA from X1000 motherboard ( SB600 southbridge )

[xeno74]

no, it is SATA from X1000 motherboard ( SB600 southbridge )

Sometimes I have the same issues if a CD or DVD in the drive. I‘ll investigate it further.

[sailorMH]

This case was for sure with empty DVD drive.
And all four SATA are conncted.

[xeno74]

KVM-PR no longer works on an X1000 if the kernel has been compiled with a new GCC.

I changed the GCC from version 12.2.0 to version 9.5.0 because of the issues with KVM on Linux PPC today. (Cross compiling environment on Ubuntu 23.04)

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   sudo apt install gcc-9-powerpc-linux-gnu

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   sudo apt install g++-9-powerpc-linux-gnu

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   sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/powerpc-linux-gnu-gcc powerpc-linux-gnu-gcc /usr/bin/powerpc-linux-gnu-gcc-9 10

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   sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/powerpc-linux-gnu-g++ powerpc-linux-gnu-g++ /usr/bin/powerpc-linux-gnu-g++-9 10

Results:

powerpc-linux-gnu-gcc --version

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powerpc-linux-gnu-gcc (Ubuntu 9.5.0-1ubuntu1) 9.5.0
Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

powerpc-linux-gnu-g++ --version

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powerpc-linux-gnu-g++ (Ubuntu 9.5.0-1ubuntu1) 9.5.0
Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

make CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux-gnu- ARCH=powerpc oldconfig

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#
# Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
# Linux/powerpc 6.4.0-rc6 Kernel Configuration
#
CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT="powerpc-linux-gnu-gcc (Ubuntu 9.5.0-1ubuntu1) 9.5.0"

time make -j16 CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux-gnu- ARCH=powerpc vmlinux

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real	2m23,661s
user	32m57,396s
sys	2m20,424s

time make -j16 CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux-gnu- ARCH=powerpc modules

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real	0m55,319s
user	13m8,843s
sys	1m4,819s

I created the kvm kernel modules with the GCC 9.5.0 for the X1000 again.

Download: kvm_6.4-rc6_X1000.tar.gz

Instructions for installing the new kvm kernel modules on the X1000:

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   cd /lib/modules/6.4.0-rc6_A-EON_X1000_Nemo/kernel/arch/powerpc/

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   lsmod | grep kvm

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   sudo modprobe -r kvm-pr

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   sudo modprobe -r kvm

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   lsmod | grep kvm

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   sudo rm -rf kvm

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   sudo wget http://www.xenosoft.de/kvm_6.4-rc6_X1000.tar.gz

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   sudo tar zxvf kvm_6.4-rc6_X1000.tar.gz

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   sudo rm kvm_6.4-rc6_X1000.tar.gz

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    sudo modprobe kvm-pr

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    lsmod | grep kvm

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    qemu-system-ppc -M g3beige -enable-kvm -m 2047 -bios openbios-ppc -boot c -hda Lubuntu_14.04_PowerPC_QEMU.img -g 1280x1024x32 -kernel vmlinux -initrd initrd -append "ro root=/dev/sda3" -device pci-ohci,id=newusb -device usb-tablet -nic user,model=e1000

Screenshot:

[Hypex]

In past I had problems with cfcard, both with fat and ext2. It is very often unreadable from CFE. Maybe I have to exchange my old cfcard.

Is CF more reliable than USB? I cannot get USB working from my case. It only works from my Apple keyboard if it wants to.

[Hypex]

So tested 6.4-RC6 and boots fine on Fienix. I also tried it with a 5.6 ramdisk I built from Fienix and found that works as well. My Fienix is also due for an update now.

[xeno74]

So tested 6.4-RC6 and boots fine on Fienix. I also tried it with a 5.6 ramdisk I built from Fienix and found that works as well. My Fienix is also due for an update now.

Thank you for testing!