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Operating System Specific Discussions => Linux PPC discussion => Topic started by: xeno74 on September 01, 2015, 10:59:25 AM

Title: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on September 01, 2015, 10:59:25 AM
The merge window is open. Linus Torvalds added a lot of source code today.

Link: Linux git log (https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/)

I released the alpha1 of kernel 4.3 with the new source code from the git.

Further information:

Here's What We Know So Far About The Linux 4.3 Kernel - phoronix.com (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.3-Feature-Expects)

Linux 4.3 Scheduler Change "Potentially Affects Every SMP Workload In Existence" - phoronix.com (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.3-Scheduler-SMP)

(http://www.supertuxkart-amiga.de/amiga/Linux-X1000.jpg)

Download for the AmigaONE X1000: vmlinux-4.3-alpha1-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2 (http://www.xenosoft.de/vmlinux-4.3-alpha1-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ep-so7Z6fJc/VeVt9Qz_oOI/AAAAAAAABKc/tgEGQI8ZMeg/w346-h260/ubuntu_MATE_15.10_PowerPC_kernel_4.3-alpha1.png) (https://plus.google.com/115515624056477014971/posts/J3AzWzes4vj)
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on September 02, 2015, 01:25:45 PM
Hi All,

Linus Torvalds added a lot of source code again today. Therefore I compiled a new test version for our AmigaONE X1000.

Download: vmlinux-4.3-alpha2-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2 (http://www.xenosoft.de/vmlinux-4.3-alpha2-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2)

Unfortunately the size of our Nemo patch increased a bit because of the code changes in the interrupt system.

Further information:

Power Management Update In Linux 4.3 Adds New Support, But Mostly Unexciting - phoronix (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.3-ACPI-PM)

EXT3 Driver Might Not End Up Getting Removed From Linux 4.3 -phoronix (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.3-EXT3-Debate)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6XIH8dApqYk/VebkVJli44I/AAAAAAAABLM/giVkIIXC3LM/w346-h260/ubuntu_MATE_15.10_beta1_PowerPC_in_a_virtual_PowerMac_G3_QEMU_KVM_machine.png) (https://plus.google.com/115515624056477014971/posts/EBSnSd5Hjdm)

Cheers,

Christian
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on September 03, 2015, 10:49:59 AM
I released the alpha3 today.

Download: vmlinux-4.3-alpha3-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2 (http://www.xenosoft.de/vmlinux-4.3-alpha3-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2)

Further information: F2FS File-System Updates For Linux 4.3 - phoronix (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=F2FS-FS-Linux-4.3)

(http://s15.postimg.org/ftxu20647/Kernel_4_3_alpha3_open_SUSE_11_1_2_KDE3_A1_X1000.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/ftxu20647/)
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on September 05, 2015, 02:59:00 PM
I released the alpha4 yesterday.

Download: vmlinux-4.3-alpha4-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2 (http://www.xenosoft.de/vmlinux-4.3-alpha4-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2)

New: All PowerPC updates for the kernel 4.3 (Merge tag 'powerpc-4.3-1' (https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ff474e8ca8547d09cb82ebab56d4c96f9eea01ce))

Today I released the alpha5.

The kernel developers added the DRM fbdev emulation as default. I don't know if it works with every Radeon HD graphics card.

Download: vmlinux-4.3-alpha5-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2 (http://www.xenosoft.de/vmlinux-4.3-alpha5-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2)

PLEASE PLEASE test the alpha4 and 5. I'd like to know if they work for you.
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on September 07, 2015, 11:51:08 AM
Hi All,

Today I released the alpha6.

New:

Linux git log (https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/)

It also includes:

The alpha6 kernel for P.A. Semi Electra and Chitra boards

Download: vmlinux-4.3-alpha6-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2 (http://www.xenosoft.de/vmlinux-4.3-alpha6-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p2mSNDximcM/Ve1oCOxhGYI/AAAAAAAABL4/afFan3yPX40/w426-h237/Nemo_Chitra_Electra.jpg) (https://plus.google.com/115515624056477014971/posts/83KwTrNeZcT)

Cheers,

Christian
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on September 09, 2015, 02:01:56 PM
Hi All,

I released the alpha7 for our motherboards with P.A. Semi PA6T-1682M microprocessors for testing. Linus Torvalds added a lot of source code last night.

New: Linux git log (https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/)

Download: vmlinux-4.3-alpha7-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2 (http://www.xenosoft.de/vmlinux-4.3-alpha7-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2)

Further information about motherboards with P.A. Semi PA6T-1682M microprocessors:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VRa6GzWATxU/VfArE57YfnI/AAAAAAAABMo/xPxEzr9JuHc/w426-h391/PA6T-1682M.png) (https://plus.google.com/115515624056477014971/posts/cBc7cpXUAhp)

Cheers,

Christian
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on September 11, 2015, 09:34:45 AM
Hi All,

Here is the last alpha. Next week I'll release the first release candidate.

New: Linux git log (https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/)

Download: vmlinux-4.3-alpha8-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2 (http://www.xenosoft.de/vmlinux-4.3-alpha8-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2)

Further information:

AMD Radeon R600 Gallium3D Performance Over The Past Two Years - phoronix (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd-r600g-1315&num=1)

Note: The best results we have, are on Fedora 17 PPC64 with Mesa 8.0.4.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8rnF0AGAak0/VdrkTSUE1qI/AAAAAAAABIs/TZe4db5a9M8/w426-h320/Fedora_PowerPC_kernel_4.2-rc8.png) (https://plus.google.com/115515624056477014971/posts/RijZMFB4EMQ)

MATE PowerPC with the alpha8 of kernel 4.3. For a retrospective future. ;)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--fis5fMTJvA/VfKAKifWsCI/AAAAAAAABOI/RW5vWTHj0Zo/w426-h320/Debian_Sid_MATE_PowerPC.png) (https://plus.google.com/115515624056477014971/posts/FdUekRK9TPJ)

PLEASE test the alpha8.

Thanks in advance,

Christian
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on September 13, 2015, 10:26:21 PM
Today I successfully released the RC1 of kernel 4.3.

New:

- Wacom Intuos/Graphire tablet support (USB)

- Announcement by Linus Torvalds (http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1509.1/03200.html)

Further information:

Linux 4.3-rc1 Kernel Released - phoronix (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.3-rc1-Kernel-Released)

The Linux 4.3 Kernel Is Bringing Many New Features & Improvements, But No KDBUS - phoronix (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux-43-features&num=1)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JAXpiO30Jzk/VfXkhiMs9PI/AAAAAAAABOw/ujxljcGZFjU/w426-h320/Lubuntu_12.04.5_PowerPC_kernel_4.3-rc1.png) (https://plus.google.com/115515624056477014971/posts/NWrpGqTaJZz)
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on September 13, 2015, 11:05:40 PM
Download kernel 4.3 rc1: vmlinux-4.3-rc1-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2 (http://www.xenosoft.de/vmlinux-4.3-rc1-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2)
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on September 15, 2015, 11:31:02 AM
Quote from: Linus Torvalds
On the filesystem side, the bulk of the changes (in lines of code) is the removal of the ext3 filesystem (with ext4 remaining to support ext3 layouts - but the separate ext3 codebase is gone).


I can confirm, that the ext4 driver works with my openSUSE 11.1 ext3 partition.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IBWhfBvi-UA/VffxIknzFYI/AAAAAAAABQ4/p46HE09n724/w426-h320/Kernel_4.3-rc1_openSUSE-11.1-2-KDE3_A1-X1000.png) (https://plus.google.com/115515624056477014971/posts/ZerPrCLYC65)

PLEASE test the RC1.
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on September 20, 2015, 12:55:47 PM
A new test kernel is available.

Further information: http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz (http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=3151&p=35308#p35305)
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on September 21, 2015, 12:32:29 PM
Today, Linus Torvalds released the RC2 of kernel 4.3.

New:

Linux 4.3-rc2 Has Been Released & Is Fairly Normal - phoronix (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.3-rc2-Released)

Mailing list announcement (http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1509.2/03384.html)

Download: vmlinux-4.3-rc2-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2 (http://www.xenosoft.de/vmlinux-4.3-rc2-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2)
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on September 28, 2015, 12:34:47 AM
The RC3 is available: forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz (http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=3151&p=35420#p35420)
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on October 05, 2015, 11:02:40 AM
I released the kernel 4.3 RC4 today.

New:

Linux 4.3-rc4 Kernel Released: Adds A New & Better String Copy Function - phoronix (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.3-RC4-Released)

4.3-rc4 release announcement (http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1510.0/02328.html)

Note:

This kernel use the older interrupt management system from the kernel 4.1 because the new system doesn't work with the AMD/ATI SB600 south bridge.

PLEASE use the kernel 4.1 (http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2983&p=35447#p35447) if you want a stable and reliable kernel for your AmigaONE X1000. The kernels 4.3 and 4.2 are only for experienced users who want to test some new features.

Download: vmlinux-4.3-rc4-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2 (http://www.xenosoft.de/vmlinux-4.3-rc4-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rj7t7hvJMes/VhI3T_8WFsI/AAAAAAAABcM/FMkPo9elZnk/w426-h320/ubuntu_MATE_15.10_PowerPC_kernel_4.3-rc4.png) (https://plus.google.com/115515624056477014971/posts/Wfw2Phuyqvg)
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on October 15, 2015, 09:37:32 PM
I released the RC5 of kernel 4.3 today.

Download: vmlinux-4.3-rc5-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2 (http://www.xenosoft.de/vmlinux-4.3-rc5-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2)

New:

Linux 4.3-rc5: The Cycle Is Going Smooth - phoronix
 (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.3-rc5-Kernel)
The release announcement (http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1510.1/02319.html)
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on October 19, 2015, 11:50:18 AM
Hi All,

I have released the RC6 today.

Download: vmlinux-4.3-rc6-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2 (http://www.xenosoft.de/vmlinux-4.3-rc6-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2)

New:

Linux 4.3-rc6: The New Kernel Remains Calm - phoronix (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.3-rc6-Kernel)

Release announcement (http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1510.2/01997.html)

Note:

This kernel use the older interrupt management system from the kernel 4.1 because the new system doesn't work with the AMD/ATI SB600 south bridge.

PLEASE use the kernel 4.1 (http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2983&p=35447#p35447) if you want a stable and reliable kernel for your AmigaONE X1000. The kernels 4.3 and 4.2 are only for experienced users who want to test some new features.

If you want to build an own kernel, please note the following build instructions:

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-T_EMiqg-Tko/ViS-YrLegoI/AAAAAAAABfs/7T0xzd_EKGs/w939-h519-no/ubuntu_MATE_15.10_PowerPC_kernel_4.3-rc6.png)

Cheers,

Christian
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on October 26, 2015, 12:06:02 AM
Here is the RC7: forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz (http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=3151&p=35662#p35662)
Title: Re: A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 4.3
Post by: xeno74 on November 02, 2015, 06:00:20 PM
Hi All,

Linus Torvalds has released the official kernel 4.3.0 today.

More information: Linux 4.3 Kernel Released - phoronix (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.3-Kernel-Released)

I have decided to release this kernel without the official version number because of the many modifications of the source code. The problems with the new interrupt system and the SB600 southbridge still exist. The new interrupt system doesn't work with the SB600 southbridge. Therefore I have to revert some commits and then I have to patch the source code with a big Nemo patch.

Quote

Build instructions:

1. git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git linux-git

2. cd linux-git

3. git revert 4bf690d7e09bbac43dfac9af01ba263e08f37e3e -m 1

4. git revert fadb97b089563da69ba326f9fea6399d071462b2 -m 1

5. git revert 9a78f9c3c68c4d57f602b4100e766945d3362f4d -m 1

6. cd ..

7. cp -R linux-git linux-4.3

8. patch -p0 < nemo_4.3-10.patch

9. cd linux-4.3

10. mv nemo_git_021115.config .config

11. yes "" | make oldconfig

12. make vmlinux

13. make modules

14. su

15. make modules_install



Nevertheless this kernel has a lot of new features. This is the reason why I have released it today.

PLEASE use the kernel 4.1 if you want a stable and reliable kernel for your AmigaONE X1000.

Download: vmlinux-git_021115_patched-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2 (http://www.xenosoft.de/vmlinux-git_021115_patched-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2)

By the way, Spectre660 has released the kernel 4.3.0 for the Sam460 today.

Download: Sam460ex-4.3.0.tar.gz (http://www.xenosoft.de/Sam460ex-4.3.0.tar.gz)

Spectre660, thank you very much.

Cheers,

Christian