From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from merlin.infradead.org (merlin.infradead.org [IPv6:2001:8b0:10b:1231::1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3yhqVk59HczDqws for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2017 04:40:45 +1100 (AEDT) Subject: Boot new kernel on PS3 To: Kevin Yeske , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" References: From: Geoff Levand Message-ID: <8720ea07-5251-fd57-d726-0e2b03b51cc5@infradead.org> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 09:40:34 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi, On 11/21/2017 12:41 PM, Kevin Yeske wrote: > I have been working on trying to get a newer kernel and Ubuntu version running on the PS3 within otherOS on a PS3 slim. There was a breakage in the kernel ABI, and the old petitboot bootloader (ps3-petitboot-09.11.30) cannot boot kernels newer than v3.15. If you want to boot a newer kernel you would need to write the new kernel into flash memory. If you have a fat model with firmware 3.15 or lower, do this with with ps3-flash-util. Since you have a slim, you'll need to ask for help in the hacker community. If you want to try a new kernel I recommend you start with the latest petitboot-dev branch (currently petitboot-dev-v4.13) from my ps3-linux repo: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/geoff/ps3-linux.git Use the ps3_petitboot_nfs_defconfig as a start. I've been working on an updated petitboot, but that will only work with fat models with firmware 3.15 or lower. -Geoff