A1-X1000: Linux Kernel 3.13

[xeno74]

Hi All,

The RC 5 of kernel 3.13 doesn't boot. It hangs before starting CPU. There is a big bug present in the PowerPC CPU code of the  kernel 3.13. All boards with PA6T are affected (Nemo board, Electra  board etc.). Olof Johansson (software engineer from the former P.A. Semi  company) helps us to find this bug. Olof is the developer of the PA6T  source code in the Linux kernel. He cares about the PA6T code in the  kernel. There are a bug report on the bug tracker at kernel.org (Link: Bug 67811 - Kernel 3.13-rc5 doesn't boot with a PA6T cpu). Olof has a lot of P.A. Semi systems with PA6T cpu. I hope he can solve the problem.

Rgds,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Olof has solved the problem. I've compilied the RC 6 of kernel 3.13 with Olof's fixes. You could test the RC 6 if you like.

Download:  vmlinux-3.13-rc6-AmigaOneX1000.tar.bz2

Note: The Radeon Dynamic Power Management doesn't work. You have to add the argument and the value "radeon.dpm=0" to the bootargs. For example:

setenv bootargs "root=/dev/sda4 radeon.dpm=0"

Rgds,

Christian

[xeno74]

[xeno74]

The RC 7 is available for testing: vmlinux-3.13-rc7-AmigaOneX1000.tar.bz2

[xeno74]

Just out of curiosity, why are you running 3.13 (latest kernel) on a linux distribution that is over 3 years old.  Wouldn't it be better to be running Ubuntu 12.04 (latest LTS release) versus 10.04 (a full 2 years older than the latest LTS)?  At least if you're going to be testing the newest kernels.  Just a thought.  Then again, I can't recall if Ubuntu dropped support for PPC or not.  If so, I'd switch to Debian Wheezy.

slaapliedje

P.S.  Very jealous, wish I could afford an Amiga One X1000

I like Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS Lucid very much. But here is a screenshot of Lubuntu 13.10 with the kernel 3.13-rc7:

[xeno74]

The RC 8 is available for testing: vmlinux-3.13-rc8-AmigaOneX1000.tar.bz2

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I'm proud to announce the release of the Linux Kernel version 3.13.0 for the AmigaOne X1000.

New: www.phoronix.com

Note: The Radeon Dynamic Power Management doesn't work. You have to add the argument and the value "radeon.dpm=0" to the bootargs. For example:

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setenv bootargs "root=/dev/sda4 radeon.dpm=0"
Download: vmlinux-3.13.0-AmigaOneX1000.tar.bz2

For development only:

Ben has not solved the boot problems. I had to add Olof's patches to the Nemo patch file.

Have a lot of fun with the new kernel.

- Christian

[xeno74]

By the way, here is a screenshot of the new Lubuntu 14.04 LTS with the new kernel 3.13. Welcome to the future.

[xeno74]

Have you ever tested Debian Wheezy on it?  Or any other flavor of Debian?

slaapliedje

Yes, I have. Look here: http://www.supertuxkart-amiga.de/amiga/x1000.html

[xeno74]

A1-X1000 Nemo: Kernel 3.13.1 released
 
 New:
 
 - TUN/TAP kernel modul for the network support on AROS hosted
 - Several bug fixes. Look here: ChangeLog-3.13.1
 
 Download: vmlinux-3.13.1-AmigaOneX1000.tar.bz2

Screenshot:

[xeno74]

A new kernel for the Live Remix DVD is available.

Download: kernel-3.13.2-1-x1000-ubuntu-ppc64.tar.bz2

[xeno74]

A new kernel for the A-EON Live Remix DVD is available.

Download: kernel-3.13.6-1-x1000-ubuntu-ppc64.tar.bz2

Screenshot of the new A-EON Live Remix DVD:



The OS4.1 icon above was created by Tommysammy. Thanks a lot to Tommysammy.

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I have some good news for you. Canonical extends the support for the Linux kernel 3.13 until April 2016. Link: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Canonical-Extends-the-Support-for-Linux-Kernel-3-13-Until-April-2016-439185.shtml

We use the Ubuntu kernel 3.13 in our Live Remix DVD. That means, we have kernel support for our Live Remix DVD until April 2016!!!!!

Here is the new Ubuntu kernel for our Live Remix DVD. It based on the new Ubuntu 3.13 longterm kernel. I have integrated the latest Radeon firmwares.

Download: kernel-3.13.9-1-x1000-ubuntu-ppc64.tar.bz2

Have fun continues with the Live Remix DVD!

Cheers,

Christian

[xeno74]

xeno, one offtopic question i asked it via pm on a1k already. since you have done linux ppc mesa port, would that be possible to identify with your help the endian crucial sections of source code (in particular software renderer) in order to achieve endian independence on aros mesa, which is obviously big endian for most part. this is currently just an idea, my background is that after late fixes by deadwood ive got mesa running under winuae aros68k but with wrong colors and so on. personally id like to see aros mesa ppc/68k ready.

I have answered your question as pm on a1k.

[xeno74]

**** Update ****

The Ubuntu longterm kernel 3.13.11 for the A-EON Live Remix DVD is available.

Download: kernel-3.13.11-1-x1000-ubuntu-ppc64.tar.bz2