From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 39813C54798 for ; Thu, 29 Feb 2024 06:43:25 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ellerman.id.au header.i=@ellerman.id.au header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=201909 header.b=GnVe+Cy7; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4TlhWH56lWz3vYD for ; Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:43:23 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ellerman.id.au header.i=@ellerman.id.au header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=201909 header.b=GnVe+Cy7; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from gandalf.ozlabs.org (mail.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2404:9400:2221:ea00::3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4TlhVT5lkHz3cFf for ; Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:42:41 +1100 (AEDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ellerman.id.au; s=201909; t=1709188961; bh=NUQzVMKcOiN6v2F+G3cye/BMs49/zYRKP/k6csqRuHw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=GnVe+Cy7PK2GbpscLsZfRp4dAjI6yJYdu0Y58gtFCtlQ+gzvt52bc9BKxwOkTVyBq RdEzTr9S69t84xQ5rOIZRn/g6ngfUwA+ahhqsDGF8vF26mAopJAqjx6KRLVXu88Oyv LlT7X7HqFbhBdBKxPSY491IkfXHK2G4AU4iPbd4dam8Ne7GXFhbK3VkNTg2OhEJxr1 ExocGmAngMoaBBJmFz7oouG7D+oTEGJfOFAEK4eIPBa4okO7URljs2Kya4NrJl5VtB nLaAFkXOqk/Tgwp86y8Io2e9Op/r/eDvYs01c8i6xC688h9S2ERmMKAVN31mPpzCbQ vKLnJRZiZ3bxA== Received: from authenticated.ozlabs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mail.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4TlhVT0dHqz4wc6; Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:42:40 +1100 (AEDT) From: Michael Ellerman To: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz , tuxayo Subject: Re: Boot failure with ppc64 port on iMacs G5 In-Reply-To: <42e9a15f6733dd48c64cbceeb3ad27349ca8c3e4.camel@physik.fu-berlin.de> References: <42e9a15f6733dd48c64cbceeb3ad27349ca8c3e4.camel@physik.fu-berlin.de> Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:42:39 +1100 Message-ID: <87r0gvg49s.fsf@mail.lhotse> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, linuxppc-dev , Claudia Neumann Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" John Paul Adrian Glaubitz writes: > On Tue, 2024-02-20 at 04:16 +0100, tuxayo wrote: >> I tried snapshots/2024-01-31/debian-12.0.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso >> >> And was able to start booting from usb with: >> boot usb0/disk@1:,\boot\grub\powerpc.elf >> (typed in Open Firmware shell) >> (usb0 is the top port) >> >> Grub worked, and then I tried default install (the 1st option) and it >> started loading during like 2 minutes. >> And then it got stuck with some superposition of the messages >> smp_core99_probe >> and >> the stuff before >> DO-QUIESCE finisedBooting Linux via __start() @ 0x0000000002090000 ... > > There seems to be a regression in the kernel which affects PowerPC 970 machines, > i.e. PowerMac G5 CPUs. The issue needs to be bisected and reported upstream. I have a quad G5 that is booting mainline happily. I used to have an iMac G5 but it died. > If you have the time, I would really appreciate if you could test the various > snapshots and let me know which kernel is the first to not work. I expect that > the breakage occurred somewhere around kernel 6.3 or so. Can someone send the .config for the kernel in question? I could try that on my machine here. cheers