New kernels

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Christophe Leroy has released a patch because of the e5500 boot issue #18. We no longer need the revert patch.

This time, I compiled the RC1 of kernel 6.19 with Christophe's patch in a new Docker container, and my X5000 boots without any problems.

Download of the kernel package and a new Dockerfile for a PowerPC cross compiling environment: github.com



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Linus Torvalds has released the RC2 of kernel 6.19 for testing.

I have compiled it for X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs).

Download and further information: github.com



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

[Skateman]

Kernel 6.19 RC2 up and running on my Mirari !



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[Skateman]

Merry Xmas @all

[xeno74]

Kernel 6.19 RC2 up and running on my Mirari !

Many thanks for testing and for your support!

Merry Xmas @all

Merry Christmas to you too.

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I have released the stable long-term kernel 5.10.247 for X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs).

It seems that it is faster than the latest kernels 6.12 and 6.19.

X5000/40, Radeon HD6870 and Void PPC with kernel 5.10.247: glmark2 Score: 4174
X5000/40, Radeon HD6870 and Void PPC with kernel 6.12.62: glmark2 Score: 3549
X5000/40, Radeon HD6870 and Void PPC with kernel 6.19.0-rc2: glmark2 Score: 3600

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.

Download and further information: github.com



Please test the kernel.

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I released the RC3 of kernel 6.19 for X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs) today.

Download and further information: github.com



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Happy New Year.

I have created a Dockerfile for creating images for cross-compiling Linux PowerPC Linux kernels.

These images can be used for Docker containers or for pods in Kubernetes.

The biggest advantage is, that the Linux PowerPC cross-compiling environment can be easily rolled out and is always the same on a wide variety of computers.

I used this image to create the stable long-term kernel 6.12.63 for testing.

Download of the stable long-term kernel 6.12.63 package and the corresponding Dockerfile: github.com

You can also create the image via git:

Code: Select all

docker build -t ubuntu_kernel_dev https://github.com/chzigotzky/kernels.git#main

Could you please test the kernel 6.12.63 because of the new cross-compiling environment?

@Mirari users
Please test the USB3.0 Renesas controller because of the firmware file from the git. I hope, I have uploaded the correct firmware to the git.

Monitoring the Docker container while compiling the kernel:



Thanks,
Christian