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

[Hypex]

Could you please connect the disk to another SATA port and test it again?

Okay so I've finally got some results. I ran into a strange quirk when I found it booted fine again on the same kernel! And then another issue with broken internet.

I thought it was the kernel, but I tested known working kernels and they still failed. And my Xenial setup still worked fine. Turns out I for stuck on a DNSSEC missing key issue. Which is also affecting modern distros since October 11. Around RC5 of 7.3 kernel I was seeing issues. But it looks like that's when the DNS was failing.

So I moved the SSD to another SATA port. Then tested Mint with 7.3.0-rc6 kernel. On fresh boot I could still see lots of SATA errors but the system could boot. I then rebooted to MATE with same kernel and it booted fine without any SATA errors. Makes me wonder if the code is missing some initialising for setting up the SATA link. Which happens to be setup after a reboot. Seems like a long shot but I have seen different behaviour between fresh boot and reboot in the past, though I can only think of an issue from my A1/XE, so not my X1000.