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Operating Systems and Porting / [NEWS] Linux 6.14
« on: March 26, 2025, 08:12:51 am »
It is out! More details could be found at https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.14

There are no mentioning of any PowerPC-related changes unfortunately.

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Operating Systems and Porting / [NEWS] Fedora 42 Beta
« on: March 18, 2025, 07:11:25 pm »
The final release would be likely in the mid April, now is the time to have a go and report all issues

For more information https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/WE4CEHE6KD77NV6RGFX2SE2FYLP7UGUE/

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I am learning PowerPC assembly by playing around with assembly inlined in C code. Wondering is there any interactive tool that shows the full list of registers and other useful information for assembly language? Many thanks in advance

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Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/EA-Open-Source-CnC-Red-Alert

Yes the best game of my childhood. I think the community will port the game to SDL eventually, let's hope then it could be run on ppc64le

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Operating Systems and Porting / [NEWS] Linux 6.13 is out!
« on: January 19, 2025, 09:12:17 pm »
Things are just getting better. The 6.13 has a bit of changes, however most of them are not really related to RaptorCS or OpenPOWER hardware. Having said that it's welcoming to see changes related to Intel Xe3 (which is not yet working with non-x86 platform). I am hopeful in a year or two we might be able to run Intel Battlemages-GPU cards.

Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.13-Released

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More details could be found at
https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-10-22-introducing-almalinux-os-kitten/

It's worthy to point out that this distribution support PPC64LE.

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Operating Systems and Porting / [NEWS] FreeBSD 14.2
« on: December 03, 2024, 03:33:38 am »
More details could be found at https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.2R/announce/

I am unsure how many of us are actually using FreeBSD but hey there are great usecases out there that FreeBSD shine brighter than Linux for example the ZFS

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Operating Systems and Porting / [NEWS] Fedora 41 is out!
« on: October 31, 2024, 11:09:34 pm »
"Fedora 41 features a number of package updates like going to LLVM 19, LXQt 2.0, Python 3.13, DNF5, RPM 4.20, PyTorch 2.4, AMD ROCm 6.2, GIMP 3.0 (near final form), replacing Redis with Valkey, and many others. Fedora 41 also features interesting features like self-encrypting drives support within the Anaconda installer, Intel IPU6 camera support for newer Intel Core laptops, Wayland-only GNOME Workstation media, NVIDIA driver support on Secure Boot systems, the new fedora-repoquery tool, a new alternative spin for Fedora Miracle, and more."

More details on changeset could be found at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/41/ChangeSet

It's yet another great version from Fedora. Everything runs as expected for PPC64LE arch

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This tool is quite useful IMHO for developers who want to peek inside the ELV binaries to find bugs or simply to reverse the application logic.

ref: https://github.com/orhun/binsider

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Operating Systems and Porting / [NEWS] Linux 6.11
« on: September 16, 2024, 01:35:01 am »
It's officially out. Not much news related to PowerPC unfortunately.

However preliminary support RDNA4-based AMDGPU is in.

Btw, RDNA2-based cards like 6800 continues to work.

Fedora 41 will ship with 6.11 (or 6.12).

Full changelog: https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-611-features

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Hi folks

One of main blocker of getting Cosmic Desktop compiled on ppc64le is the generator-rs package. I've lodged a ticket upstream in https://github.com/Xudong-Huang/generator-rs/issues/60

However I do not think the author would get to it. So I am thinking to give it a go myself. Can anyone give me some examples of context-switching registers of POWER ISA?

Many thanks

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Operating Systems and Porting / [NEWS] Linux 6.10
« on: July 17, 2024, 09:59:54 am »
It is officially out!

ref: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.10-Released

There are lots of exciting features and bug fixes. As far as I am concerned, the amdgpu driver (up to RDNA 3 graphic cards) continues to work.

I hope the 6.11 would support Intel Xe GPU on PPC64LE

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General CPU Discussion / HPLinpack benchmarking
« on: June 13, 2024, 01:34:56 am »
Use https://github.com/geerlingguy/top500-benchmark

Code: [Select]
$ lscpu
Architecture:             ppc64le
  Byte Order:             Little Endian
CPU(s):                   32
  On-line CPU(s) list:    0-31
Model name:               POWER9, altivec supported
  Model:                  2.3 (pvr 004e 1203)
  Thread(s) per core:     4
  Core(s) per socket:     8
  Socket(s):              1
  Frequency boost:        enabled
  CPU(s) scaling MHz:     100%
  CPU max MHz:            3800.0000
  CPU min MHz:            2166.0000
Caches (sum of all):     
  L1d:                    256 KiB (8 instances)
  L1i:                    256 KiB (8 instances)
  L2:                     4 MiB (8 instances)
  L3:                     80 MiB (8 instances)
NUMA:                     
  NUMA node(s):           1
  NUMA node0 CPU(s):      0-31
Vulnerabilities:         
  Gather data sampling:   Not affected
  Itlb multihit:          Not affected
  L1tf:                   Mitigation; RFI Flush, L1D private per thread
  Mds:                    Not affected
  Meltdown:               Mitigation; RFI Flush, L1D private per thread
  Mmio stale data:        Not affected
  Reg file data sampling: Not affected
  Retbleed:               Not affected
  Spec rstack overflow:   Not affected
  Spec store bypass:      Mitigation; Kernel entry/exit barrier (eieio)
  Spectre v1:             Mitigation; __user pointer sanitization, ori31 speculation barrier enabled
  Spectre v2:             Mitigation; Software count cache flush (hardware accelerated), Software link stack flush
  Srbds:                  Not affected
  Tsx async abort:        Not affected


Code: [Select]
$ ansible-playbook main.yml --tags "setup,benchmark" --ask-become-pass
  mpirun_output.stdout: |-
    ================================================================================
    HPLinpack 2.3  --  High-Performance Linpack benchmark  --   December 2, 2018
    Written by A. Petitet and R. Clint Whaley,  Innovative Computing Laboratory, UTK
    Modified by Piotr Luszczek, Innovative Computing Laboratory, UTK
    Modified by Julien Langou, University of Colorado Denver
    ================================================================================
 
    An explanation of the input/output parameters follows:
    T/V    : Wall time / encoded variant.
    N      : The order of the coefficient matrix A.
    NB     : The partitioning blocking factor.
    P      : The number of process rows.
    Q      : The number of process columns.
    Time   : Time in seconds to solve the linear system.
    Gflops : Rate of execution for solving the linear system.
 
    The following parameter values will be used:
 
    N      :   70717
    NB     :     256
    PMAP   : Row-major process mapping
    P      :       1
    Q      :      32
    PFACT  :   Right
    NBMIN  :       4
    NDIV   :       2
    RFACT  :   Crout
    BCAST  :  1ringM
    DEPTH  :       1
    SWAP   : Mix (threshold = 64)
    L1     : transposed form
    U      : transposed form
    EQUIL  : yes
    ALIGN  : 8 double precision words
 
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
    - The matrix A is randomly generated for each test.
    - The following scaled residual check will be computed:
          ||Ax-b||_oo / ( eps * ( || x ||_oo * || A ||_oo + || b ||_oo ) * N )
    - The relative machine precision (eps) is taken to be               1.110223e-16
    - Computational tests pass if scaled residuals are less than                16.0
 
    ================================================================================
    T/V                N    NB     P     Q               Time                 Gflops
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    WR11C2R4       70717   256     1    32            1650.43             1.4286e+02
    HPL_pdgesv() start time Thu Jun 13 15:57:05 2024
 
    HPL_pdgesv() end time   Thu Jun 13 16:24:36 2024
 
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ||Ax-b||_oo/(eps*(||A||_oo*||x||_oo+||b||_oo)*N)=   2.41238455e-03 ...... PASSED
    ================================================================================
 
    Finished      1 tests with the following results:
                  1 tests completed and passed residual checks,
                  0 tests completed and failed residual checks,
                  0 tests skipped because of illegal input values.
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
    End of Tests.
    ================================================================================

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
127.0.0.1                  : ok=29   changed=10   unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=7    rescued=0    ignored=0   

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General CPU Discussion / Byte Magazine Unix benchmarking
« on: June 05, 2024, 07:32:37 am »
Let's have a bit of fun shall we? Below is my benchmark results on my Blackbird with 8 cores POWER9. What's your score?

Code: [Select]
$ lscpu
Architecture:             ppc64le
  Byte Order:             Little Endian
CPU(s):                   32
  On-line CPU(s) list:    0-31
Model name:               POWER9, altivec supported
  Model:                  2.3 (pvr 004e 1203)
  Thread(s) per core:     4
  Core(s) per socket:     8
  Socket(s):              1
  Frequency boost:        enabled
  CPU(s) scaling MHz:     58%
  CPU max MHz:            3800.0000
  CPU min MHz:            2166.0000
Caches (sum of all):     
  L1d:                    256 KiB (8 instances)
  L1i:                    256 KiB (8 instances)
  L2:                     4 MiB (8 instances)
  L3:                     80 MiB (8 instances)
NUMA:                     
  NUMA node(s):           1
  NUMA node0 CPU(s):      0-31
Vulnerabilities:         
  Gather data sampling:   Not affected
  Itlb multihit:          Not affected
  L1tf:                   Mitigation; RFI Flush, L1D private per thread
  Mds:                    Not affected
  Meltdown:               Mitigation; RFI Flush, L1D private per thread
  Mmio stale data:        Not affected
  Reg file data sampling: Not affected
  Retbleed:               Not affected
  Spec rstack overflow:   Not affected
  Spec store bypass:      Mitigation; Kernel entry/exit barrier (eieio)
  Spectre v1:             Mitigation; __user pointer sanitization, ori31 speculation b
                          arrier enabled
  Spectre v2:             Mitigation; Software count cache flush (hardware accelerated
                          ), Software link stack flush
  Srbds:                  Not affected
  Tsx async abort:        Not affected

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   #    #  #   ##  #   #  #           #    #  #       #   ##  #    #  #    #
    ####   #    #  #  #    #          #####   ######  #    #   ####   #    #

   Version 5.1.3                      Based on the Byte Magazine Unix Benchmark

   Multi-CPU version                  Version 5 revisions by Ian Smith,
                                      Sunnyvale, CA, USA
   January 13, 2011                   johantheghost at yahoo period com

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Use directories for:
      * File I/O tests (named fs***) = /home/tle/Work/byte-unixbench/UnixBench/tmp
      * Results                      = /home/tle/Work/byte-unixbench/UnixBench/results
------------------------------------------------------------------------------


1 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 x Double-Precision Whetstone  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 x Execl Throughput  1 2 3

1 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks  1 2 3

1 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks  1 2 3

1 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks  1 2 3

1 x Pipe Throughput  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 x Pipe-based Context Switching  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 x Process Creation  1 2 3

1 x System Call Overhead  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)  1 2 3

1 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)  1 2 3

32 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

32 x Double-Precision Whetstone  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

32 x Execl Throughput  1 2 3

32 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks  1 2 3

32 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks  1 2 3

32 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks  1 2 3

32 x Pipe Throughput  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

32 x Pipe-based Context Switching  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

32 x Process Creation  1 2 3

32 x System Call Overhead  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

32 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)  1 2 3

32 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)  1 2 3

========================================================================
   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)

   System: shrimp-paste: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 6.8.11-300.fc40.ppc64le -- #1 SMP Mon May 27 14:48:15 UTC 2024
   Machine: ppc64le (unknown)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   20:34:42 up  7:16,  2 users,  load average: 0.17, 23.10, 33.96; runlevel 2024-06-05

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Wed Jun 05 2024 20:34:42 - 21:03:09
32 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       43066559.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     4835.0 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               3317.1 lps   (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        241162.4 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks           61272.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks        846105.6 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              779278.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                  41152.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               4803.7 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   4640.7 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   3796.2 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         745761.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   43066559.3   3690.4
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       4835.0    879.1
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       3317.1    771.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     241162.4    609.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0      61272.0    370.2
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0     846105.6   1458.8
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     779278.4    626.4
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0      41152.3    102.9
Process Creation                                126.0       4803.7    381.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       4640.7   1094.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       3796.2   6327.0
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     745761.8    497.2
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         800.9

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Run: Wed Jun 05 2024 21:03:09 - 21:32:30
32 CPUs in system; running 32 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables      449736205.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                   112382.5 MWIPS (9.8 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                              36818.4 lps   (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        878485.1 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          212868.6 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       3705686.7 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                            10828494.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                1449711.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              70064.8 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  67413.9 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   8397.6 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                       13942866.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0  449736205.6  38537.8
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0     112382.5  20433.2
Execl Throughput                                 43.0      36818.4   8562.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     878485.1   2218.4
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     212868.6   1286.2
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    3705686.7   6389.1
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0   10828494.4   8704.6
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0    1449711.4   3624.3
Process Creation                                126.0      70064.8   5560.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      67413.9  15899.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       8397.6  13996.0
System Call Overhead                          15000.0   13942866.4   9295.2
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                        7717.0

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Operating Systems and Porting / [NEWS] Rocky Linux 9.4
« on: May 09, 2024, 09:31:32 pm »
Announcement source https://rockylinux.org/news/rocky-linux-9-4-ga-release

It’s good to know the Alma and Rocky Linux has continued the journey that CentOS has given up.

More options, the better!

P/S: I have not used it yet so unsure how good it is compared with to RHEL

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