From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp51.i.mail.ru (smtp51.i.mail.ru [94.100.177.111]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 838D62C02FA for ; Sun, 3 Mar 2013 01:23:58 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <5132198C.8050300@mail.ru> Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:23:56 +0100 From: Phileas Fogg MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Aaro Koskinen Subject: Re: Linux kernel 3.x problems on PowerMac G5 References: <51320F53.9040000@mail.ru> <20130302141352.GG22941@blackmetal.musicnaut.iki.fi> In-Reply-To: <20130302141352.GG22941@blackmetal.musicnaut.iki.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: linuxppc-dev List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Aaro Koskinen wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Mar 02, 2013 at 03:40:19PM +0100, Phileas Fogg wrote: >> Have anyone tested Linux 3 kernels on PowerMac G5 recently ? > > 3.8 boots normally to shell and is stable on G5 iMac (PowerMac8,1). > > A. > Thanks. Then i configured something wrongly probably. I tried Linux 2.6.39.4 and it boots too. I looked around on the Internet and it seems i'm not the only one who has problems with Linux 3.x on my PowerMac G5. The guy here has the same problem: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7222918.html My PowerMac CPU -------------------- cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : PPC970MP, altivec supported clock : 2000.000000MHz revision : 1.0 (pvr 0044 0100) processor : 1 cpu : PPC970MP, altivec supported clock : 2000.000000MHz revision : 1.0 (pvr 0044 0100) timebase : 33333333 platform : PowerMac model : PowerMac11,2 machine : PowerMac11,2 motherboard : PowerMac11,2 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh detected as : 337 (PowerMac G5 Dual Core) pmac flags : 00000000 L2 cache : 1024K unified pmac-generation : NewWorld