From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from manchmal.in-ulm.de ([217.10.9.201]:45900 "EHLO manchmal.in-ulm.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726842AbeJUSwc (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Oct 2018 14:52:32 -0400 Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 12:38:38 +0200 From: Christoph Biedl To: stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 4.14: Regression on ppc32 (early crash) Message-ID: <1540118154@msgid.manchmal.in-ulm.de> References: <1539669537@msgid.manchmal.in-ulm.de> <20181016070430.GA4507@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181016070430.GA4507@kroah.com> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Greg KH wrote... > On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 08:05:23AM +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote: > > on both my ppc32 systems I've tested (G4 PowerMac and G4 Mac-mini), I > > see a regression after upgrading from 4.14.74 to 4.14.76: Very soon > > after starting the kernel from yaboot, they drop me into a OF prompt, > > message is "invalid memory access at" on the mini, and another one I > > forgot on the PowerMac. FWIW, the ppc64 G5 PowerMac does fine. > > > > Before I start bisecting - might take a few days -, is this already on > > radar? > > I have not heard of this, sorry. > > Does the latest 4.18.y and/or the latest 4.19-rc8 release have this same > problem for you? FWIW, both systems are back to normal in 4.14.78 - as there have been changes in the powerpc area, they probably did the right thing. And while it was an interesting project to dig further, I afraid I lack the time to actually do this. Thanks for your attention in that matter. Christoph