Kernel 4.11

[xeno74]

ATi Radeon 7000 support:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon#Firmware

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Radeon R100-family CP microcode (radeon/R100_cp.bin)


[xeno74]

FYI: PowerPC updates 4.11-8

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Here is the RC8 for testing.

New:

• Linux 4.11 Pushed Back: 4.11-rc8 Released
• Linux 4.11-rc8 release announcement
• PowerPC updates 4.11-8
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.11
• Linux Git log
• pata_atiixp patch

Download: vmlinux-4.11-rc8-AmigaONE_X1000.tar.gz

Screenshot of the MATE PowerPC Remix 2017 0.5 with the RC8 of kernel 4.11:



Please test it.

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

Darren,

Tejun Heo reverted your pata_atiixp patch a month ago. [1]

Unfortunately the kernel 4.11 doesn't boot without your patch so I have to patch the kernel 4.11 source code with your patch additonally.

Would you like to add a new patch to the kernel source code?

I added the following code to the file 'a/drivers/ata/pata_atiixp.c' and after that I compiled the kernel 4.11-rc8 again. The kernel 4.11-rc8 boots without any problems on my AmigaOne X1000.

a/drivers/ata/pata_atiixp.c:

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+    /* SB600 on the Nemo board doesn't have secondary port wired */
+    #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PASEMI_NEMO
+    if((pdev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_ATI_IXP600_IDE))
+        ppi[1] = &ata_dummy_port_info;
+    #endif


Is it possible, to submit this code to the kernel developers?

What do you think about the code above?

Thanks,
Christian

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a431ecd2d459da3c91a612061f09eb422ffe78e2

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I created a new Nemo patch with the new pata_atiixp code today. After that I compiled the RC8-2 for testing.

New:

• Nemo patch 4.11-4 with the new pata_atiixp code
• Linux Git log

Download: vmlinux-4.11-rc8-2-AmigaONE_X1000.tar.gz

Screenshot of the MATE PowerPC Remix 2017 0.5 with the RC8-2 of kernel 4.11:



Please test it.

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

The final kernel 4.11 is available.

Many thanks to Darren for integrating of some new patches to the official kernel source code. Thanks a lot to Musa for testing!

New:

• Linux 4.11 Kernel Officially Released -- phoronix
• Linux 4.11 final release announcement
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.11
• Linux Git log

Download: vmlinux-4.11-AmigaONE_X1000.tar.gz



Cheers,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

The first update of the stable kernel 4.11 is available.

New: Changelog

Download: vmlinux-4.11.1-AmigaONE_X1000.tar.gz

Screenshot of the MATE PowerPC Remix 2017 with the stable kernel 4.11.1:



Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I compiled the new stable kernel 4.11.2 with the new BFQ I/O scheduler today.

BFQ loads programs extremely fast under heavy disk I/O activity. It achieves up to 30% higher throughput than CFQ on hard disks with most parallel workloads, and about the same throughput with the rest of the workloads we have considered. BFQ achieves the same throughput as CFQ, NOOP, DEADLINE and SIO on SSDs.

New:

• BFQ I/O scheduler 4.11.0-v8r11 (Desktop performance improved)
• Changelog
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.11

Download: vmlinux-4.11.2-AmigaONE_X1000.tar.gz

Screenshot of the MATE PowerPC Remix 2017 with the new stable kernel 4.11.2:



Cheers,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I compiled the new stable kernel 4.11.3 including the BFQ I/O scheduler today.

New:

• Some PowerPC fixes
• Changelog
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.11

Download: vmlinux-4.11.3-AmigaONE_X1000.tar.gz

Screenshot of the MATE PowerPC Remix 2017 with the new stable kernel 4.11.3:



Cheers,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

The new stable kernel 4.11.4 including the BFQ I/O scheduler is available.

New:

• Changelog
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 4.11

Download: vmlinux-4.11.4-AmigaONE_X1000.tar.gz

Screenshot of the MATE PowerPC Remix 2017 with the new stable kernel 4.11.4:



Cheers,
Christian