New kernels

[xeno74]

Kernel 6.15 RC3 up and running on my Mirari e5500 system!

Great! Thanks a lot for testing!

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I released the new stable long-term kernel 5.10.235 with non-compressed kernel modules today.

Download: github.com

Alternative download link: linux-image-5.10.235-X1000_e5500.tar.gz

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.

Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

I have figure out, that the new 6.12 kernels and higher don't work with the DPAA Ethernet on Ubuntu 16.04 PowerPC. Please use the stable long-term kernel 5.10 instead if you want to use an older Ubuntu system.

[xeno74]

I have figure out, that the new 6.12 kernels and higher don't work with the DPAA Ethernet on Ubuntu 16.04 PowerPC. Please use the stable long-term kernel 5.10 instead if you want to use an older Ubuntu system.

Sometimes it works with the stable long-term kernel 6.12.22 too but not often.

[xeno74]

For compiling the RC4, you need the packages libelf-dev, libelf1, and zlib1g-dev additionally.

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Here is the RC4 of kernel 6.15 for testing.

Download and further information: github.com

Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

I successfully tested the RC4 of kernel 6.15 with ubuntu MATE 16.04.7 LTS PowerPC on my X1000 today.



PLEASE test the RC4 on your e5500 machine (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VM).

Thanks

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I released the RC5 of kernel 6.15 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]

I successfully tested the RC5 of kernel 6.15 in a virtual e5500 QEMU VM with accessing to a physical DVD drive:

Code: Select all

qemu-system-ppc64 -M ppce500 -cpu e5500 -m 4096 -kernel uImage-6.15 -drive format=raw,file=void-live-powerpc-20230317.img,index=0,if=virtio -netdev user,id=mynet0 -device virtio-net,netdev=mynet0 -append "root=/dev/vda" -device virtio-gpu-pci -device virtio-mouse-pci -device virtio-keyboard-pci -smp 4 -device virtio-scsi-pci -device scsi-hd,drive=hd0 -drive file=/dev/sr0,format=raw,id=hd0,if=none,unit=0 -device scsi-generic,drive=cd0 -drive file=/dev/sg1,format=raw,id=cd0,if=none,unit=1

[Skateman]

Kernel 6.15 RC5 up and running on my Mirari e5500 x4



Big picture: https://www.skateman.nl/wp-content/uplo ... -38-30.png

[xeno74]

Kernel 6.15 RC5 up and running on my Mirari e5500 x4

Great! Thanks a lot for testing.