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Re: Kernel 5.8

Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 5:11 pm
by sailorMH
xeno74 wrote: Sun Jun 14, 2020 12:17 pm
sailorMH wrote: Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:50 am Alpha 4 works with DebianSid:
Many thanks for testing the alpha4! :-)

FYI because of the KVM-PR issue:
Nicholas Piggin wrote: Hey, thanks for debugging it and reporting. I'm looking into it, will
try to get a fix soon.

Thanks,
Nick
Many thanks. It is nice!

Re: Kernel 5.8

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:18 am
by xeno74
Hi All,

I released the RC1 of kernel 5.8 for the X1000 and X5000 today. The issue with KVM-PR has been solved. :-)

New:
Download: linux-image-5.8-rc1-X1000_X5000.tar.gz

Image

Image

Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

Re: Kernel 5.8

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:50 am
by xeno74
FYI because of the KVM-PR issue:
Michael Ellerman wrote: On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 16:12:47 +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> The CTR register reload in the KVM interrupt path used the wrong save
> area for SLB (and NMI) interrupts.

Applied to powerpc/fixes.

[1/1] powerpc/64s: Fix KVM interrupt using wrong save area
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/0bdcfa ... a31b81828d

cheers

Re: Kernel 5.8

Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 1:50 pm
by sailorMH

Re: Kernel 5.8

Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 1:52 pm
by xeno74
sailorMH wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2020 1:50 pm DebianSid rc1 works, thanks!
Thanks for testing! :-)

Re: Kernel 5.8

Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 6:38 pm
by sailorMH
Hi!
xeno74 wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:18 am Hi All,

I released the RC1 of kernel 5.8 for the X1000 and X5000 today. The issue with KVM-PR has been solved. :-)
I tested qemu with -enable-kvm with this result:
qemu-system-ppc:

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qemu-system-ppc -enable-kvm -cdrom lubuntu-16.04-desktop-powerpc.iso -boot d
works and boots with live iso
Image
there are errors, but I don't specified -machine and -vga ... but the VM works.

qemu-system-ppc64:

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qemu-system-ppc64 -enable-kvm -cdrom lubuntu-16.04-desktop-powerpc.iso -boot d
KVM: Failed to create TCE64 table for liobn 0x71000002
KVM: Failed to create TCE64 table for liobn 0x71000003
qemu-system-ppc64: Requested safe cache capability level not supported by kvm, try appending -machine cap-cfpc=broken
It not works with qemu-system-ppc64. Do you know why?

Re: Kernel 5.8

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 8:50 am
by xeno74
I will test qemu-system-ppc64 with kvm-pr today.

Re: Kernel 5.8

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:03 pm
by xeno74
xeno74 wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 8:50 am I will test qemu-system-ppc64 with kvm-pr today.
I tested "qemu-system-ppc64/kvm-pr" with Lubuntu 14.04 PPC32 as guest on a Fienix host with a 64-bit kernel and a 32-bit userland. Unfortunately Lubuntu 14.04 doesn't boot if I use "qemu-system-ppc64/kvm-pr". It boots with "qemu-system-ppc/kvm-pr" without any problems.

Re: Kernel 5.8

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:14 pm
by xeno74

Re: Kernel 5.8

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:17 pm
by sailorMH
xeno74 wrote: Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:03 pm I tested "qemu-system-ppc64/kvm-pr" with Lubuntu 14.04 PPC32 as guest on a Fienix host with a 64-bit kernel and a 32-bit userland. Unfortunately Lubuntu 14.04 doesn't boot if I use "qemu-system-ppc64/kvm-pr". It boots with "qemu-system-ppc/kvm-pr" without any problems.
The same as me with DebianSid 64b kernel+64b userland.