Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-14 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 12/13/18 09:08, Michael Cree wrote: On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 08:21:11AM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 07:54:52AM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: On Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 12:01:23PM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 10:39:58PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote:

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-13 Thread Michael Cree
On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 08:21:11AM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 07:54:52AM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 12:01:23PM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 10:39:58PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: > > > > On 12/7/18 22:06, Michael

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-10 Thread Frank Scheiner
Hi Bob, Michael, On 12/8/18 21:03, Bob Tracy wrote: On Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 07:41:15PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: On 12/8/18 15:05, Bob Tracy wrote: So can we assume `CONFIG_ALPHA_GENERIC=y` also activates `CONFIG_ALPHA_LEGACY_START_ADDRESS`? I wouldn't assume so, particularly for the

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-10 Thread Frank Scheiner
Hi Philippe, On 12/9/18 19:12, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: FYI I've added few tests to QEMU to avoid regressions, one is booting the DP264 machine (not yet merged, the specific test is here:) Wow, didn't knew Alpha emulation is already that good with QEMU!

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-09 Thread Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Hi Frank, On 12/4/18 5:38 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote: > Dear all, > > As per [1] and our recent discussions the generic 4.x kernels seem to no > longer work on Alpha machines which also renders any installer images > using the generic 4.x kernels non-working. > > [1]:

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-08 Thread Bob Tracy
On Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 07:41:15PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: > On 12/8/18 15:05, Bob Tracy wrote: > > From the "image.squashfs" file on the Gentoo "install-alpha-minimal" > > image, attached is "etc/kernels/kernel-config-alpha-4.14.65-gentoo" > > which appears to correspond to the "nolsa"

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-08 Thread Michael Cree
On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 07:54:52AM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: > On Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 12:01:23PM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 10:39:58PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: > > > On 12/7/18 22:06, Michael Cree wrote: > > > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 05:38:51PM +0100, Frank

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-08 Thread Michael Cree
On Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 12:01:23PM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: > On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 10:39:58PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: > > On 12/7/18 22:06, Michael Cree wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 05:38:51PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: > > > > As per [1] and our recent discussions the generic

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-08 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 12/8/18 15:05, Bob Tracy wrote: On Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 11:15:21AM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: Is this Gentoo generic installer kernel SMP capable? I believe these Gentoo kernels have the config included in the kernel image, so available as `/proc/config.gz` during runtime, I think. From

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-08 Thread Bob Tracy
On Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 11:15:21AM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: > Is this Gentoo generic installer kernel SMP capable? I believe these Gentoo > kernels have the config included in the kernel image, so available as > `/proc/config.gz` during runtime, I think. >From the "image.squashfs" file on the

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-08 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 12/8/18 06:58, Bob Tracy wrote: On Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 10:06:25AM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 05:38:51PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: As per [1] and our recent discussions the generic 4.x kernels seem to no longer work on Alpha machines which also renders any

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-07 Thread Bob Tracy
On Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 10:06:25AM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: > On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 05:38:51PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: > > As per [1] and our recent discussions the generic 4.x kernels seem to no > > longer work on Alpha machines which also renders any installer images using > > the

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-07 Thread Michael Cree
On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 10:39:58PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: > On 12/7/18 22:06, Michael Cree wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 05:38:51PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: > > > As per [1] and our recent discussions the generic 4.x kernels seem to no > > > longer work on Alpha machines which also

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-07 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 12/7/18 22:06, Michael Cree wrote: On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 05:38:51PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: As per [1] and our recent discussions the generic 4.x kernels seem to no longer work on Alpha machines which also renders any installer images using the generic 4.x kernels non-working. Yes,

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-07 Thread Michael Cree
On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 05:38:51PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: > As per [1] and our recent discussions the generic 4.x kernels seem to no > longer work on Alpha machines which also renders any installer images using > the generic 4.x kernels non-working. Yes, that was noted some time ago. A

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-06 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 12/5/18 07:33, Bob Tracy wrote: Can you open PRs so that these changes can get merged? I will then build new images. Sure, created them now: * First part: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/merge_requests/79 * Second part:

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-04 Thread Bob Tracy
On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 07:37:13PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: > On 12/4/18 17:45, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > > ## Patches ## > > > > > > 1. > > > https://salsa.debian.org/frank-scheiner-guest/linux/commit/865cacfd7722b346629082ab3094b6ad93964095 > > > > > > 2. > > >

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-04 Thread Frank Scheiner
Hi Adrian, On 12/4/18 17:45, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: ## Patches ## 1. https://salsa.debian.org/frank-scheiner-guest/linux/commit/865cacfd7722b346629082ab3094b6ad93964095 2.

Re: Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-04 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Frank! On 12/4/18 5:38 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote: > As per [1] and our recent discussions the generic 4.x kernels seem to no > longer work on Alpha machines which also renders any installer images using > the generic 4.x kernels non-working. > > [1]:

Use SMP kernel for Alpha (udeb) builds

2018-12-04 Thread Frank Scheiner
Dear all, As per [1] and our recent discussions the generic 4.x kernels seem to no longer work on Alpha machines which also renders any installer images using the generic 4.x kernels non-working. [1]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha/2017/03/msg7.html Confirmed on: * AlphaStation