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RC7 tested and working well in the new year.

Hypex wrote: Fri Dec 31, 2021 5:17 pm RC7 tested and working well in the new year.

Happy New Year! Thanks a lot for testing!

Hi All,

Here is the stable longterm kernel 5.10.89 for the X5000 and X1000.

New:

• X5000: speed improvements for virtual e5500 KVM HV machines
• CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE=y
• Support for 4 virtual CPU cores with KVM HV on the X5000/40
• SND_HDA_INTEL as kernel module (Thanks to Amiguy)
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 5.10

Download: linux-image-5.10.89-X1000_X5000.tar.gz






Please test it.

Thanks,
Christian

Hi All,

I released the RC8 of kernel 5.16 for testing today.

New:

• Linux 5.16-rc8 Is A Tiny Holiday Release -- phoronix.com
• 5.16-rc8 announcement
• PowerPC fixes 5.16-5
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 5.16

Download: linux-image-5.16-rc8-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

Hi All,

The final kernel 5.16 is available. Thanks a lot to Skateman, Kilaueabart, and Hypex for testing the alphas and release candidates.

New:

• Linux 5.16 Released With Many Intel & AMD Additions, Memory Folios, AMX, FUTEX2 -- phoronix.com
• 5.16 final announcement
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 5.16

Download: linux-image-5.16-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



Cheers,
Christian

Hi All,

The Linux 5.17 merge window is open. Happy testing!

New:

• The Networking Changes For Linux 5.17 Are Very Exciting -- phoronix.com
• Networking updates (including DPAA updates)
• DRM updates (including Radeon and VirtIO GPU updates)
• Media updates (including BTTV TV cards updates)
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 5.17

Download: linux-image-5.17-alpha1-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

Hi All,

I released the second alpha of kernel 5.17 for the X1000 and X5000 today.

New:

• Linux 5.17: Quicker Mount Times For XFS, Few New Features For EXT4 -- phoronix.com
• X5000 and X1000: Added support for the XFS filesystem
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 5.17

Download: linux-image-5.17-alpha2-X1000_X5000.tar.gz





Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

FYI: PowerPC updates 5.17-1 with the following PASEMI updates:

• a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/Kconfig
• a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/msi.c
• a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/pasemi.h
• a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/pci.c
• a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c

Hi All,

Here is the third alpha of kernel 5.17 for testing.

New:

• PowerPC updates 5.17-1 with PASEMI updates
• X1000: pas_pci_init_v3 patch because of the new PASEMI updates
• XFS fixes
• Sound updates (including updates for HD audio and USB audio)
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 5.17

Download: linux-image-5.17-alpha3-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



@Darren
I had to modify your pas_pci_init patch because of the new PASEMI updates. Could you please submit your patch to the kernel developers?

@All
Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

Hi All,

I released the alpha4 of kernel 5.17 for the X1000 and X5000 today.

New:

• Sharing host files with the QEMU/KVM HV guest with the virtio-9p-pci device and with the Plan9 file system 9P (CONFIG_NET_9P_VIRTIO, CONFIG_9P_FS, ...)
• KVM updates (including PowerPC KVM updates)
• exFAT updates
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 5.17

Download: linux-image-5.17-alpha4-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian