On 10/7/21 06:16, Stan Johnson wrote: > Compiling the downloaded kernel-source using Debian's .config file > "config.powerpc_none_powerpc.xz" resulted in a 200 MB kernel (perhaps > because it included all possible options), and I couldn't get it to boot > (but I also didn't compile or install any modules). But compiling using > the same .config file (see attached) that I've been using for testing > 5.13 kernels, and that I also used for the above kernels that worked, > results in a working 12 MB kernel, and X is also working: > > # uname -a > Linux ppc-cube 5.14.9-pmac #2 SMP Wed Oct 6 21:38:58 MDT 2021 ppc GNU/Linux > # ls -l vmlinux > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12382136 Oct 6 15:39 vmlinux > > So I think the problem with the default kernel in Debian SID (5.14.0-2) > has already been fixed, or perhaps there was an issue with the options > that were selected for the .config file. Either way, it doesn't appear > that a bisect is needed.
Well, we still have the Debian stock kernel not working. So we might be missing a kernel option that is required for X to work on the PowerMacs. Did you try building a custom kernel with the config file located in the /boot directory? Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - [email protected] `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - [email protected] `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
