New kernels

[xeno74]

Kubernetes cluster with MetalLB and the NGiNX Ingress Controller for cross compiling and testing Linux PPC kernels:

[sailorMH]

Debian Sid seems working with 7.0 rc2

[xeno74]

Debian Sid seems working with 7.0 rc2

Great! Thanks a lot for testing! I am happy that it works for you.

[xeno74]

Testing RC2 of kernel 7.0 with MintPPC32:

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Here is the stable long-term kernel 6.12.76, created in a Kubernetes cluster.

Download and further information: github.com



Please test the kernel.

Thanks,
Christian

[sailorMH]

last long-term 6.12.76 kernel works fine on Debian Sid / Trixie

[xeno74]

last long-term 6.12.76 kernel works fine on Debian Sid / Trixie

Thank you for testing the stable long-term kernel 6.12.76. It is great that it works for you.

[xeno74]

New for the RC3 of kernel 7.0:

• Linux 7.0-rc3 Released: "Some Of The Biggest In Recent History" -- phoronix.com
• 7.0-rc3 announcement
• Linux 7.0 File-System Benchmarks With XFS Leading The Way -- phoronix.com
• PowerPC/PCI: Initialize msi_addr_mask for OF-created PCI devices
• DRM fixes
• NVMe fixes
• ATA fixes (including a QEMU harddrives quirk)
• SCSI fixes
• PCI fixes
• BTRFS fixes
• NFSd fixes
• Networking fixes (including VirtIO-net fixes)
• Sound fixes
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 7.0
• Linux Git log
• e5500: We still need the e500_mmu-v2.patch because of the compiling issue

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I released the RC3 of kernel 7.0 for X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs) today.

Download and further information: github.com

Kubernetes cluster for cross compiling and testing Linux PowerPC kernels:



RC3 with access to the Kubernetes pods (Monitoring):



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

[sailorMH]

Kernel 7.0 rc3 works on my Debian Sid/Trixie, but:
When I boot for the fist time, mate session hangs. On log nothing suspicious, htop shows normal values also.
When I booted second time, all worked OK. If there will be something more exact, I will report.