On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 12:36:47AM +0100, Paul Brossier wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 11:04:17PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I would like testers who want to test new powerpc kernels on ppc64 machines > > : > > > > These i have uploaded here : > > > > > > http://people.debian.org/~luther/ppc64/kernel-image-2.6.12-sven_1_powerpc.deb > > > > http://people.debian.org/~luther/ppc64/kernel-image-2.6.12-sven64_1_powerpc.deb > > > > They are built out of the 2.6.12 debian kernel subversion package, but built > > with the ubuntu glibc and gcc-4.0 packages which do support biarch, > > something > > we don't (yet) have in debian. > > > > sven is the powerpc flavour, and sven64 is the new pseries flavour which is > > smp, and which will replace all the power3, power3-smp, power4 and > > power4-smp > > flavours. (and yes, we are killing the non-smp versions of those kernels). > > cool. i tried sven64 on a powermac 7,2 without success. the early printk > (ugly) black lines stop at:
Oh, well, did the ppc64 2.6.11 kernels i provide work there ? > ... > smp_core99_setup_cpu 0 done > Linux ppc64 > > 2.6.12-sven64 Can i have a bit more context ? The full log would be welcome. BenH can you comment on this ? > nothing much happens then, except the fan starts blowing full speed, and > then the machine reboots. > > also, it would be nice to provide the kernel-headers too, so we can > compile -modules packages. and would the packages be named -sven? Yeah, yeah, it was just a quick build, the rest of the stuff is coming, and the flavour name will be -pseries. > and yes, it would also be important to distribute the source package of > this kernel-image, and fully describe what steps were needed to build it > (buildinfo.gz is rather short on this atm). Hehe, yes, i believe so, the source is in the debian kernel svn repo right now, Well, actually to create those, i just took the pruned patched debian source package out of the above repo, and ran make-kpkg on it, with the ubuntu glibc and gcc-4.0 installed, nothing much more. You need kernel-package 9.0002 though, or a patched version. > > Later will follow a pseries-power4 flavour which optimizes for power4 (no > > idea > > if this brings something or not though), as well as a legacy-iseries > > flavour, > > for pre-power5 iseries machines, if anyone has access to one of those, > > please > > contact me and see if we can arrange some testing of stuff and such. > > ready for testing if a dual ppc970 is of any interest here. Sure, but you would want pseries and pseries-power4, the legacy-iseries variant is not for you though, and as i know nobody who has one and can do the testing, i am only somewhat keen on producing an image nobody will use. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
