Kernel 4.19

[xeno74]

Works well here

I'm still on PowerPC Remix 2017 0.8 .
I can try out the new Mesa 18.2.2 unless it depends on 0.9 in some way.

Thanks,
tom

Hi Tom,

Many thanks for testing the RC8! I haven’t tested Mesa 18.2.2 on the MATE PowerPC Remix 0.8 yet. In my point of view it should work on it.

Cheers,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Greg Kroah-Hartman released the final version of kernel 4.19 today. In the development time, Darren created a new Nemo patch and the kernel developers added Darren's Nemo/PASEMI updates to the official kernel. Many thanks to Darren for the Nemo patch and for the Nemo/PASEMI updates. There were some USB issues with the kernel 4.19 on the X5000. Darren figured out where the problem is. He did a bisect and found the bad commit. He also found a bad kernel config option. Disabling 'HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS' in arch/powerpc/Kconfig fixed the problems. He reported the bad commit to the Linuxppc-dev mailing list and after that the kernel developers removed 'HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS' in arch/powerpc/Kconfig. He also solved the mem issue with the SoundBlaster Live! It works without the mem=3500M boot argument now.
Thanks a lot to Tom for testing the kernels on his X1000 and many thanks to Skateman, kilaueabart, and acefnq for testing the kernels on the X5000.

More news:

• Greg KH Releases Big Linux 4.19 Kernel, Codenamed "People's Front"
• Greg's lengthy release announcement
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.19
• Linux Git log

Download: vmlinux-4.19-AmigaOne_X1000_X5000.tar.gz

Screenshot of the MATE PowerPC Remix 0.9 with the kernel 4.19 final in a virtual e5500 quad core machine:



Cheers,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I compiled the stable kernel 4.19.1 on my AmigaOne X1000 yesterday. Additonally I added initial ramdisks for the X5000 and X1000 to the stable kernel 4.19.1. I only use ramdisks for booting with a LABEL or UUID. You can boot the kernels with the ramdisks with the following commands:

X1000:

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ramdisk -z -addr=0x2400000 -fatfs cf0:initrd.img-4.19.1

Booting with a LABEL (For example Julian's ubuntu MATE 16.04 from a USB flash drive):

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setenv bootargs "root=LABEL=Ubuntu_16.04"

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boot -elf- noints -fatfs cf0:vmlinux-4.19

X5000:

Booting with a LABEL (For example the MATE PowerPC Remix 0.9):

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setenv bootargs root=LABEL=AMIGAONE

For example loading the kernel, dtb file, and ramdisk from the first FAT partition on a hard disk:

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load sata 0:1 1000000 uImage-4.19

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load sata 0:1 1c00000 cyrus.dtb

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load sata 0:1 2000000 uInitrd

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bootm 1000000 2000000 1c00000

Further news:

• Linux 4.19.1 Released While 4.20~5.0 Merge Window Ends Today -- phoronix
• Greg's release announcement
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.19

Download: vmlinux-4.19.1-AmigaOne_X1000_X5000.tar.gz

Screenshot of U-Boot on the AmigaOne X5000:




Please test the stable kernel 4.19.1 and the ramdisks.

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

You can rename the LABEL of a partition with the following command:

For example rename the partition /dev/sdb7 to AMIGAONE:

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tune2fs -L AMIGAONE /dev/sdb7

[Hypex]

Why is the loading routines on the X5000 so fast? That's not normal for an AmigaOne cpmputer.

Also, what's with the loading and entry point of zero? That would crash a normal computer. Trying to load at zero on my XE immediately crashes it.

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Greg Kroah-Hartman released the stable kernel 4.19.2 today.

New:

• X1000: Kernel has a smaller file size and boots faster (Compressed zImage). You need to add '-z' to the CFE Linux boot command. (Thanks to Hypex)
• Greg's release announcement
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.19

Download: vmlinux-4.19.2-AmigaOne_X1000_X5000.tar.gz

Screenshot of the MATE PowerPC Remix 0.9 with the stable kernel 4.19.2 and with a connected Bluetooth device:



Please test it.

Thanks,
Christian

[tbreeden]

Download: vmlinux-4.19.2-AmigaOne_X1000_X5000.tar.gz
Please test it.

no problems seen with kernel 4.19.2 on the X1000.

tom

[xeno74]

no problems seen with kernel 4.19.2 on the X1000.

Hi Tom,

Thanks a lot for testing the stable kernel 4.19.2!

Cheers,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I released the stable kernel 4.19.3 today.

New:

• Greg's release announcement
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.19

Download: vmlinux-4.19.3-AmigaOne_X1000_X5000.tar.gz



Please test it.

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I released the stable longterm kernel 4.19.53 today.

New:

• X1000: pcmcia patch for solving the issues with new CF cards connected to the onboard CompactFlash Card Slot (Thanks to Darren)
• X1000: compressed kernel (zImage) and uncompressed kernel (vmlinux)
• Some serious TCP networking vulnerabilities fixed -- linuxreviews.org
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.19

Download: linux-image-4.19.53-X1000_X5000.tar.gz



@SailorMH
Please test it with your CF cards.

@Ace
Please test it with your two installed graphics cards.

Thanks,
Christian