Kernel 4.19

[kilaueabart]

GParted disagrees: /dev/sdc5 has only 2.86 GiB left of a starting 52.41.
I tried to follow the suggestion to empty my Trash, but it refuses to empty!

Hi Kilaueabart,

Please increase the size of the partition with GParted from an other Linux system.

Looks like that did the trick! Firefox works fine now. I was able to empty my Trash on 2nd try even before resizing. A lot of things seem to work when I try them a second time the same way!

As before, no USB problems with keyboard or trackball. What else should I test?

[xeno74]

Looks like that did the trick!

Fantastic!

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Darren has figured out where the problem is with USB devices on the X5000. He did a bisect and found the bad commit. He also found a bad kernel config option. Disabling 'HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS' in arch/powerpc/Kconfig will fix the problems. He reported the bad commit to the Linuxppc-dev mailing list today.

Link: FSL/NXP P5020: USB problems with the latest Git kernels

Cheers,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Julian released a new patched RC1 for the X5000 today.

New: USB devices working without the mem=3500M option

Download: uImage-cyrus-4.19.0-rc1-jm-2

Please test it.

Thanks,
Christian

[Skateman]

Thanks all of you!! Great work!

4.19 RC1, the patched version is working great! USB working and no memory limitations!

[xeno74]

Thanks all of you!! Great work!

4.19 RC1, the patched version is working great! USB working and no memory limitations!

Thanks a lot for testing!

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Julian released a new RC1 for the X5000 today.

New: SoundBlaster Live! works without the mem=3500M boot argument

Download: uImage-cyrus-4.19.0-rc1-jm-3

Please test it.

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Darren reported the problem with using dma to all ram (memory limitations) to the Linuxppc-dev mailing list today.

Link: [PATCH RFC] powerpc/kernel: Don't check for dev->dma_mask in fsl_set_dma_mask

Cheers,
Christian

[Skateman]

I have tested Julians RC1 JM3 version on my X5000 without a soundblaster Live (but M-Audio Revolution 5.1 Envy24GT) Card.

Working fine!

[xeno74]

I have tested Julians RC1 JM3 version on my X5000 without a soundblaster Live (but M-Audio Revolution 5.1 Envy24GT) Card.

Working fine!

Many thanks for testing!

-- Christian