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Re: New kernels
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2026 8:42 am
by xeno74
Hi All,
Here is the
alpha5 of kernel
7.0 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
Re: New kernels
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2026 12:32 pm
by xeno74
Kernel 7.0-alpha5 test with openSUSE Tumbleweed PPC64:
Re: New kernels
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2026 9:57 am
by xeno74
Hi All,
I have released the
alpha6 of kernel
7.0.
You can also test an uImage with PREEMPT support but unfortunately KVM HV doesn't work with a PREEMPT kernel.
Downloads and further information:
github.com
Cheers,
Christian
Re: New kernels
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2026 8:10 pm
by xeno74
Re: New kernels
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 6:44 am
by xeno74
Hi All,
I released the
alpha7 of kernel
7.0 today.
Downloads and further information:
github.com
There is also a patched preempt uImage in the kernel package.
Screenshot of a kubernetes pod for cross compiling Linux PowerPC kernels (Vanilla Kubernetes, built with kubeadm init):
Please test the kernels.
Thanks,
Christian
Re: New kernels
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 3:51 pm
by Hypex
So just some feedback from me. Have been testing the alphas from a1 to a5 at present. The a1 was sluggish to begin with as expected, the rest were fine and then the a5 come full circle and was sluggish again. Aside from that the operation worked fine. But in use, such as in a terminal, on the desktop and in a web browser, the performance was slightly sluggish.
Re: New kernels
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 5:10 pm
by xeno74
Hypex wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 3:51 pm
So just some feedback from me. Have been testing the alphas from a1 to a5 at present. The a1 was sluggish to begin with as expected, the rest were fine and then the a5 come full circle and was sluggish again. Aside from that the operation worked fine. But in use, such as in a terminal, on the desktop and in a web browser, the performance was slightly sluggish.
OK, good to know. I haven't noticed any sluggishness so far.
I tested NTFS3 with the
alpha7 today:
