On Thu, 2022-10-13 at 11:42 +0200, Christian Zigotzky wrote: > Hi Christophe, > > Thanks a lot for your answer. OK, now, I know, that I don’t need to > test it. After the boot of the latest git kernel, my system was > extremely damaged. Some config files has a size of several gigabytes > for example the resolv.conf. I tried to repair this Debian system but > without any success. > I copied with dd and Netcat via network another rootfs from another > computer to the damaged partition. > I don’t have the time to do it always again and again after a bad > bisect result. > I will wait some weeks and try it again.
You're right, I was in a rush, saw a processor that wasn't IBM and assumed it was 32-bit without thinking too much! Andrew > > Cheers, > Christian > > > On 13. Oct 2022, at 09:28, Christophe Leroy < > > christophe.le...@csgroup.eu> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Le 13/10/2022 à 09:03, Christian Zigotzky a écrit : > > > Hi Andrew, > > > > > > Does this patch also affect 64-bit kernels? > > > > > > We use often 32-bit userlands with 64-bit kernels. > > > > As far as I understand, it was already correct for 32-bit userlands > > with > > 64 bit kernels, aka compat. > > > > The patch applies the same approach for 32 bit kernels, as > > explained in > > the commit message : "Fix this by having 32-bit kernels share those > > syscall definitions with compat." > > > > Christophe > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Christian > > > > > > > > On 12. Oct 2022, at 09:56, Andrew Donnellan < > > > > > a...@linux.ibm.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2022-10-12 at 08:51 +0200, Christian Zigotzky wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > I use the Nemo board with a PASemi PA6T CPU and have some > > > > > issues > > > > > since the first PowerPC updates for the kernel 6.1. > > > > > > > > > > I successfully compiled the git kernel with the first PowerPC > > > > > updates > > > > > two days ago. > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately this kernel is really dangerous. Many things > > > > > for > > > > > example Network Manager and LightDM don't work anymore and > > > > > produced > > > > > several gigabyte of config files till the partition has been > > > > > filled. > > > > > > > > > > I deleted some files like the resolv.conf that had a size > > > > > over 200 > > > > > GB! > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, MintPPC was still damaged. For example LightDM > > > > > doesn't > > > > > work anymore and the MATE desktop doesn't display any icons > > > > > anymore > > > > > because Caja wasn't able to reserve memory anymore. > > > > > > > > > > In this case, bisecting isn't an option and I have to wait > > > > > some > > > > > weeks. It is really difficult to find the issue if the > > > > > userland will > > > > > damaged again and again. > > > > > > > > Could you try with > > > > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linuxppc-dev/patch/20221012035335.866440-1-npig...@gmail.com/ > > > > to see if your issues are related to that? > > > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Andrew Donnellan OzLabs, ADL Canberra > > > > a...@linux.ibm.com IBM Australia Limited > > > > > -- Andrew Donnellan OzLabs, ADL Canberra a...@linux.ibm.com IBM Australia Limited
