On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:33 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 9:48 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Fuxin Zhang <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Dear Andreas, >>>>> 亁 2013/6/25 3:20, Andreas Barth 写道: >>>>> >>>>>>>> 3. We have currently two new machines with loongson 3a processors >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> test. It will take a bit of time to finally get a working kernel on >>>>>>>> these, but that would also decrease build-times quite much. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> When do you expect them to be usable? >>>>>> >>>>>> Depends on your definition of useable. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm currently in the process to get the kernel building and trying to >>>>>> get the patches into upstream kernel. Besides of that, the hardware >>>>>> is >>>>>> useable (the usual auto-power-on-patch is required as well, but >>>>>> that's >>>>>> just a few days for doing it mechanically). However, currently with >>>>>> only the factory kernel (which doesn't meet my definition of useable, >>>>>> and I think also not yours). I suspect that I'm just a few pitfalls >>>>>> away from getting this done, but nothing I could put say "takes this >>>>>> many days". I'm also just trying since Saturday, so in the very early >>>>>> stages and in discussion with upstream and vendor. >>>>> >>>>> I am surprised to read that a working kernel for 3A will be an issue. >>>>> Any >>>>> question >>>>> you can contact [email protected]. He is maintaining our kernel and >>>>> trying >>>>> hard to push patches upstream. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>> >>>> It is indeed an issue, and is the most blocking one. We have contacted >>>> chenhc and we tried to merge those patches to mainline, but resulting >>>> to a non-bootable kernel. The latest working kernel is Linux 3.6 based >>>> on his branch, while 3D acceleration does not work like in Lemote's >>>> 3.5 kernel. >>> Really? I remember that you have a good kernel with the 3.9 branch in >>> dev.lemote.com. >>> >> >> Unfortunately it does not boot, and it may caused by the difficulty of >> handling massive merge conflicts with 3.9 version of Debian kernel. >> The merge was success on 3.6 branch so we are running on it. > > Which compiler do you use? 3.9 is OK here. >
We've tried with 4.7.2-5 natively, and 4.7.2-22, 4.8.0-2 using cross-build. Neither of them produced a working image. This does not mean the tree you provided is not working, and could be related to our merging with Debian tree where there are a few other patches. Regards, Aron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAMr=8w50K=0+1rc_6M9HAajMt12kM=hjmpgs5y0r5xwzoz6...@mail.gmail.com
