New kernels

[Hypex]

Hi All,

I released the RC3 of kernel 6.11 for the X1000 and X5000 today.

Okay so tested kernel today. In Fienix it runs fine and I see no major issues. Internet works.

Tested in MATE. Kernel panic with a missing libzstd-so.1. I wonder if this is because MATE is too old?

I then tested in Xenial. This boots fine. Good to know it's compatible.

From the info regarding boot errors I wonder if this kernel has become too new? Rather like when I found out how a newer kernel wasn't compatible with an older Ubuntu. As an example I found this post below. Which, against different causes, looks exactly like the error I have with MATE.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1514395 ... bzstd-so-1

Some network output. I use an 8139 as it also works in OS4. So for me that is an eth1.

PASemi:

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damien@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep pasemi_mac
[    2.747778] pasemi_mac 0000:00:15.0: no mac address in device tree, not configuring
[   15.757105] pasemi_mac 0000:00:14.3 enp0s20f3: renamed from eth0
damien@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep eth0
[    2.747273] eth0: PA Semi GMAC: intf 5, hw addr 02:00:e0:0a:30:00
[   15.757105] pasemi_mac 0000:00:14.3 enp0s20f3: renamed from eth0

8139:

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damien@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep 8139
[    0.205157] pci 0000:06:06.0: [10ec:8139] type 00 class 0x020000 conventional PCI endpoint
[    2.748464] 8139cp: 8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.3 (Mar 22, 2004)
[    2.748938] 8139cp 0000:06:06.0: This (id 10ec:8139 rev 10) is not an 8139C+ compatible chip, use 8139too
[    2.749700] 8139too: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
[    2.751041] 8139too 0000:06:06.0 eth1: RealTek RTL8139 at 0x00000000b0dbb233, 00:00:21:2b:86:a8, IRQ 5
[   15.704528] 8139too 0000:06:06.0 eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xC5E1

[xeno74]

Okay so tested kernel today. In Fienix it runs fine and I see no major issues. Internet works.

Great!

Tested in MATE. Kernel panic with a missing libzstd-so.1. I wonder if this is because MATE is too old?

On which Linux distribution did you test MATE with the kernel 6.11-rc3?

From the info regarding boot errors I wonder if this kernel has become too new? Rather like when I found out how a newer kernel wasn't compatible with an older Ubuntu.

Yes, this is correct. There are some issues if you use the latest kernels with Ubuntu 10.04 for example.
This is the reason why I release new versions of the stable longterm kernel 5.10 again and again.

Thanks a lot for testing.

[Hypex]

On which Linux distribution did you test MATE with the kernel 6.11-rc3?

That would be the on the MATE_PowerPC_Remix_2017 Zesty Zapus.

Yes, this is correct. There are some issues if you use the latest kernels with Ubuntu 10.04 for example.
This is the reason why I release new versions of the stable longterm kernel 5.10 again and again.

The oldest I have, or did have, is 12.04. I liked to use Ubuntu 10.04 on an iBook. It look nice.

Thanks a lot for testing.

Happy to help.

[xeno74]

That would be the on the MATE_PowerPC_Remix_2017 Zesty Zapus.

Great! I am happy that someone uses the MATE PowerPC Remix 2017.

[Hypex]

Great! I am happy that someone uses the MATE PowerPC Remix 2017.

I have both the MATE Remix and a MATE CD installed to my HDD.

Suppose I don't need the MATE installer now. But I must have spent some time configuring it to work. I made up some custom ram disk according to my boot files.

I'd like to add a feature to my boot editor in future where Linux installers can be imported. So it just needs the installer attached on USB or imaged to a partition to find it. I can see it would need to rebuild an installer ramdisk using X1000 modules in place from compatible kernel. IOW automating all the work put into the A1 Debian Jessie installer. This would open up the available distros and alleviate the work required just being able to boot and test an installer.

[xeno74]

New for the RC4:

• PowerPC fixes 6.11-2 (including fixes because of crashes on 85xx with some configs since the recent hugepd rework.)
• 9p: Fix DIO read through netfs
• BTRFS fixes
• XFS fixes
• ATA fix
• MD Raid0 fix
• Sound fixes (including usb-audio fixes)

Creating an initial ramdisk:

First, you need to copy the kernel modules directory to /lib/modules. For example:

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# cp -R 6.11.0-rc4-powerpc64-smp /lib/modules

After that you can create the initial ramdisk with the following command:

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# mkinitramfs -o initrd-6.11.img 6.11.0-rc4-powerpc64-smp

You need an additional step for the X5000:

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# mkimage -T ramdisk -C gzip -n 'Kernel 6.11-rc4 uInitrd' -d initrd-6.11.img uInitrd-6.11

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Here is the RC4 of kernel 6.11 for the X1000 and X5000.

Download and further information: github.com

Alternative download link: linux-image-6.11-rc4-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (xenosoft.de)

Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

[musa]

Hi
Debian 64 trixie/sid running with vmlinux-6.11_rc4

Have a nice day

[xeno74]

Hi
Debian 64 trixie/sid running with vmlinux-6.11_rc4

Have a nice day

Fantastic! Thanks a lot for testing!

Have a nice day too.

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I released the stable longterm kernel 5.10.224 today.

New:

• Fixed issue #3 - Driver for X5000 Ethernet PHY is missing
• NFS v4 support
• Linux git log

Download: github.com

Alternative download link: linux-image-5.10.224-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (xenosoft.de)

This kernel has been patched with the dpaa-v2.patch because of an issue with DPAA on Ubuntu 16.04.

It's suitable for old Linux distributions which don't work with the latest kernels for example Ubuntu 10.04.
It's also suitable if you have some issues with the latest kernels.

@Roland
Could you please test this kernel? I want to make sure that it works for you.
Please also test the DPAA Ethernet because of the fix above.

@All
Please test it. I want to know, if it boots because of the bigger size.

Thanks,
Christian