Re: PPC64: G5 & 4k/64k page size (was: Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status)

On 2020-01-06 8:11 p.m., Romain Dolbeau wrote: > > Unfortunately I don't have a PCIe OpenFirmware ATI card to test the > theory further. FWIW, a non-OF Radeon >= R(V)5xx card should work in Linux (though obviously won't light up in OF itself or MacOS). -- Earthling Michel Dänzer

Re: PPC64: G5 & 4k/64k page size (was: Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status)

"Aneesh Kumar K.V" writes: > Romain Dolbeau writes: > >> Le sam. 21 déc. 2019 à 05:31, Aneesh Kumar K.V >> a écrit : >>> I don't have direct access to this system, I have asked if we can get a run >>> with 64K. >> >> OK, thanks! Do you know which model it is? It seems to be working on >> some

Re: PPC64: G5 & 4k/64k page size (was: Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status)

On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 08:11:47PM +0100, Romain Dolbeau wrote: > Interesting idea (and I have a 6600 aka NV43 in there, indeed) but I > don't think so, as > a) 'nouveau' works in 4.19 with 64 KiB pages > b) using "module_blacklist=nouveau" doesn't help, I just tried > c) my original 'bisect' was

Re: PPC64: G5 & 4k/64k page size (was: Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status)

Le lun. 6 janv. 2020 à 19:54, Lennart Sorensen a écrit : > Is it possible this has to do with nouveau and not supporting 64K page > size on older nvidia chips? Interesting idea (and I have a 6600 aka NV43 in there, indeed) but I don't think so, as a) 'nouveau' works in 4.19 with 64 KiB pages b)

Re: PPC64: G5 & 4k/64k page size (was: Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status)

On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 07:18:30PM +0100, Romain Dolbeau wrote: > Applied, recompiled with 64 KiB pages, still crashes. > > The backtrace seems more readable this time (and wasn't overwritten by > something else), bad photo here: > Is it

Re: PPC64: G5 & 4k/64k page size (was: Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status)

Le dim. 5 janv. 2020 à 16:06, Bertrand Dekoninck a écrit : > I can now test on powermac 7,3 (with an ATI card) > How can I build a deb package of this kernel ? Or is there a package to > download somewhere ? I usually cross-compile on x86-64 from upstream sources. On a Debian Buster with the

Re: PPC64: G5 & 4k/64k page size (was: Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status)

Le lun. 6 janv. 2020 à 15:06, Aneesh Kumar K.V a écrit : > Can you try this change. Applied, recompiled with 64 KiB pages, still crashes. The backtrace seems more readable this time (and wasn't overwritten by something else), bad photo here:

Re: PPC64: G5 & 4k/64k page size (was: Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status)

Romain Dolbeau writes: > Le sam. 21 déc. 2019 à 05:31, Aneesh Kumar K.V > a écrit : >> I don't have direct access to this system, I have asked if we can get a run >> with 64K. > > OK, thanks! Do you know which model it is? It seems to be working on > some systems, > but we don't have enough

Re: PPC64: G5 & 4k/64k page size (was: Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status)

> Le 14 déc. 2019 à 10:32, Jeroen Diederen a écrit : > > on my iMac iSight: > > > grep CONFIG_PPC.*PAGE config-5.3.0-3-powerpc64 > # CONFIG_PPC_4K_PAGES is not set > CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES=y > CONFIG_PPC_PAGE_SHIFT=16 > # CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT is not set > > I can't give you info about the

Re: PPC64: G5 & 4k/64k page size (was: Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status)

Le sam. 21 déc. 2019 à 05:31, Aneesh Kumar K.V a écrit : > I don't have direct access to this system, I have asked if we can get a run > with 64K. OK, thanks! Do you know which model it is? It seems to be working on some systems, but we don't have enough samples to figure out why at this time, I

Re: PPC64: G5 & 4k/64k page size (was: Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status)

Romain Dolbeau writes: > Le jeu. 12 déc. 2019 à 22:40, Andreas Schwab a écrit : >> I'm using 4K pages, in case that matters > > Yes it does matter, as it seems to be the difference between "working" > and "not working" :-) > Thank you for the config & pointing out the culprit! > > With your

Re: PPC64: G5 & 4k/64k page size (was: Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status)

on my iMac iSight: grep CONFIG_PPC.*PAGE config-5.3.0-3-powerpc64 # CONFIG_PPC_4K_PAGES is not set CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES=y CONFIG_PPC_PAGE_SHIFT=16 # CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT is not set I can't give you info about the G5 PowerMac 7,3 as it is not my machine. Regards, Jeroen On Fri, 13 Dec 2019

PPC64: G5 & 4k/64k page size (was: Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status)

Le jeu. 12 déc. 2019 à 22:40, Andreas Schwab a écrit : > I'm using 4K pages, in case that matters Yes it does matter, as it seems to be the difference between "working" and "not working" :-) Thank you for the config & pointing out the culprit! With your config, my machine boots (though it's

Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status

On Dez 11 2019, Romain Dolbeau wrote: > Same question to anyone else with a G5 / PPC970 - what is it and does > it boot recent PPC64 Linux kernel ? My PowerMac7,3 (DP 2.0GHz) can boot 5.5-rc1 without issues. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, sch...@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47

Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status

Le jeu. 12 déc. 2019 à 19:20, Andreas Schwab a écrit : > My PowerMac7,3 (DP 2.0GHz) can boot 5.5-rc1 without issues. This is weird, as except for the frequency it should be the same system as Jeroen's crashing G5! Can you share your kernel config, compiler version, and other details? Perhaps

Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status

Le jeu. 12 déc. 2019 à 09:08, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > I suggest booting the machine with a netconsole to get a dump of the crash > over the network, see [1]. I added netconsole (not as a module, directly in the kernel), but I get nothing on my receiver 'nc'. I don't see the network

Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status

On 12 déc. 2019 09:00, Romain Dolbeau wrote: > Le jeu. 12 déc. 2019 à 08:32, jjhdiederen a écrit : >> PowerMac 7,3 G5 2.5 DP PCI-X Mid-2004 is affected with this bug. The >> machine freezes at boot due to the new ppc64 kernel. > > Thanks for the reports! > > So it's not all G5, but it's across

Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status

On 12/12/19 9:00 AM, Romain Dolbeau wrote: > Could you share the screen/log of the crash? > > For my G5 with 5.5rc1 I have one, but the photo is terrible: > > Timestamps overlap, as after the 'crash' (backtrace) there was > more messages from

Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status

Le jeu. 12 déc. 2019 à 08:32, jjhdiederen a écrit : > PowerMac 7,3 G5 2.5 DP PCI-X Mid-2004 is affected with this bug. The > machine freezes at boot due to the new ppc64 kernel. Thanks for the reports! So it's not all G5, but it's across generations - the iMac is PCIe. Perhaps multiprocessors?

Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status

PowerMac 7,3 G5 2.5 DP PCI-X Mid-2004 is affected with this bug. The machine freezes at boot due to the new ppc64 kernel. Regards, Jeroen Diederen Romain Dolbeau schreef op 2019-12-11 08:19: Le mer. 11 déc. 2019 à 03:20, Aneesh Kumar K.V a écrit : The PowerMac system we have internally was

Re: Call for report - G5/PPC970 status

I have an iMac iSight with a 2.1 GHz PowerPC 970fx (G5) processor, that boots fine with the latest ppc64 kernel. Romain Dolbeau schreef op 2019-12-11 08:19: Le mer. 11 déc. 2019 à 03:20, Aneesh Kumar K.V a écrit : The PowerMac system we have internally was not able to recreate this. To

Call for report - G5/PPC970 status (was: Re: Found the commit for: 5.3.7 64-bits kernel doesn't boot on G5 Quad [regression])

Le mer. 11 déc. 2019 à 03:20, Aneesh Kumar K.V a écrit : > The PowerMac system we have internally was not able to recreate this. To narrow down the issue - is that a PCI/PCI-X (7,3 [1]) or PCIe G5 (11,2 [1]) ? Single, dual or quad ? Same question to anyone else with a G5 / PPC970 - what is it