New kernels

[xeno74]

And just like that, alpha1 and alpha2 of the upcoming kernel 7.4.0 featuring kernel build speedups are here.

Downloads and further information: github.com

The PREEMPT kernel 7.4.0-alpha2 works great with KVM PR:

[xeno74]

FYI: PowerPC kernel next git

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I released the alpha3 of kernel 7.4 for X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs) today.

Download and further information: github.com



Please test it.

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

New for the alpha4:

CIFS fixes and Kbuild / Kconfig updates

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Here is the alpha4 of kernel 7.4 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]

Hi All,

Here is the alpha5 of kernel 7.4 with the first PowerPC updates.

Download and further information: github.com

An Amiga Fast File System volume was mounted here using kernel 7.4.0-alpha5:



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

New for the alpha6:

• PCI updates (Set supported_speeds in set_pcie_port_type() so sparc64 and powerpc, which call it via of_create_pci_dev() instead of the usual pci_setup_device(), correctly set the supported PCIe link speeds)
• KVM updates (including PowerPC updates)
• MM updates (including PowerPC updates)
• powerpc/irq: Fix build with CONFIG_PROC_FS=n
• DRM updates (including Radeon updates)
• DMA mapping updates
• Vhost,VirtIO updates
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 7.4

There were issues with the initial submission of the pas_pci_init.patch. Therefore, it was resubmitted. Link: [PATCH] powerpc/pasemi: Defer Nemo IRQ initialization