New kernels

[sailorMH]

Please, what kernel version do you use for daily work ?
With old distributions ( Debian 8, old wheezy-based MinPPC ) I am using kernel 5.5
I have it plan to use with newer distros ( Fienix, Debian 12/Sid, new MintPPC ) kernel 6.1. But I found there, that it has some booting issues with X1000.

I tested 6.1 and it has very strange behaviour. It boots mostly OK, but sometimes on login screen I cannot wrote login or passsword. Reset often not helps, but off/on yes.

And my X1000 has another boot issue. This time it is not connected with any kernel.
I have in CFE env variables for boot menu. If I select any linux ( old or new distro ), it show reading kernel, but then stucks.
BUT: if I interrupt CFE menu with "F" and go to commandline, then I type "menu" and return to the same menu what I interrupted before, I can normally select any menu item, and it boots without issues

[xeno74]

Please, what kernel version do you use for daily work ?

The stable longterm kernel 5.10.

[sailorMH]

Thanks!

[xeno74]

FYI:

• Linux 6.4-rc3 Released Following A Rather Smooth Week — phoronix.com
• 6.4-rc3 announcement
• X1000: Fix ISA mapping when "ranges" property is not present, for PASemi Nemo boards (We don’t need the nemo_boot_v2.patch anymore)
• PowerPC fixes 6.4-2
• virtio_net: Fix error unwinding of XDP initialization
• Sound fixes (including updates for HD-audio and USB-audio)
• NVMe updates

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I released the RC3 of kernel 6.4 for the X1000 and X5000 today.

New:

• Linux 6.4-rc3 Released Following A Rather Smooth Week — phoronix.com
• 6.4-rc3 announcement
• X1000: Fix ISA mapping when "ranges" property is not present, for PASemi Nemo boards (We don’t need the nemo_boot_v2.patch anymore)
• PowerPC fixes 6.4-2
• virtio_net: Fix error unwinding of XDP initialization
• Sound fixes (including updates for HD-audio and USB-audio)
• NVMe updates

Download: linux-image-6.4-rc3-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



Please test,

Christian

[xeno74]

The developers changed the values of ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER.

Link: powerpc fix 6.4-3

X1000: CONFIG_ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER=9 -> CONFIG_ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER=12

X5000: CONFIG_ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER=13 -> CONFIG_ARCH_FORCE_MAX_ORDER=12

[musa]

Hi
Debianppc 64 bookworm and Fienix start with kernel vmlinux-6.4_rc3 without error
Have a nice day

[xeno74]

Hi
Debianppc 64 bookworm and Fienix start with kernel vmlinux-6.4_rc3 without error
Have a nice day

Great! Thanks a lot for testing!

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Here is the RC4 of kernel 6.4 for testing.

New:

• Linux 6.4-rc4 Released As A "Fairly Normal" Release -- phoronix.com
• 6.4-rc4 announcement
• PowerPC fix 6.4-3
• DRM fixes (Radeon: Fix a DP regression)
• Networking fixes (Including VirtIO updates)
• Sound fixes (Including HD-audio fixes)
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 6.4

Download: linux-image-6.4-rc4-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



Please test,

Christian

[musa]

Hi
Linux6.4_rc4 boot Fienix but give me kernel panic on Debian 64 and debain 32 . Will try again later
Have a nice day