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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: Debian 12 status?

« Last post by carlosgonz on October 29, 2024, 02:46:20 pm »

I prefer 64K than 4K. I am using 64K on GnuTrisquel  11 GnuLinux (Libre) v6.11 and all wonderful. I think that PPC deserve 64K. Also it is shame for Debian being friendly with blobs propietary all this is happen because Evil Fedora.
Also i am worried  that pocock it selling all ppc machines. = (

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: Debian 12 status?

« Last post by MauryG5 on October 29, 2024, 12:51:03 pm »

Daniel I was also thinking of taking the problem directly to the Debian forums at this point, can you tell me which are the main forums where I can write and bring the problem? From what I understand the problem is not only for us on Power but also on other architectures they are having problems with Debian 12 on the new Kernels... This problem must be solved once and for all because it is absurd not to be able to use the new Kernels on the latest version of Debian and then on the old Debian instead everything works perfectly it makes no sense... I updated because now on 11 they do nothing anymore and they don't update almost anything anymore and we are left behind. I like Gnome 3.38 better than 3.4X but unfortunately now we have to use this but at least everything works damn it...

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: Debian 12 status?

« Last post by pocock on October 28, 2024, 05:01:21 pm »

It is really important for somebody to raise this topic on the relevant Debian mailing list for ppc64 porting

Given that I did the work to get the 4k discussion started for both Debian and Fedora I would like to raise the topic in the Debian list but some of the non-developing/non-uploading developers are censoring my messages there due to the Debian politics.

It is really sad that so many people are suffering because of the politics in Debian.  It is really bad for people who spent money on the Raptor hardware and it is also really bad for my family, friends, neighbors and many other people who had these political problems forced upon them by the social media set.

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: Debian 12 status?

« Last post by MauryG5 on October 28, 2024, 01:32:27 pm »

Yet back then when I used the Kernel with 4K pages for a while on Fedora, which also had big problems with the Kernel in 64K version, it was enough to change the setting in the Kernel with 4K pages options and it worked. In any case, the mystery remains of what could have changed from Kernel 6.2.X onwards and what above all was changed in Debian 12 compared to Debian 11, to give these problems now...

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: Debian 12 status?

« Last post by carlosgonz on October 27, 2024, 10:20:01 pm »

In order to work 4K from 64K o.s it need recompile Gnu Packages most Mesa.

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: Debian 12 status?

« Last post by MauryG5 on October 27, 2024, 12:57:35 pm »

I tried to compile a 6.11.4 kernel with 4K pages after updating the firmware but it still doesn't work. However, I was unable to update the mesa drivers, it tells me they are up to date but probably another procedure is needed to install them. I then decided to compile a 6.1.114 long-term support kernel and that works fine and I'm using it now while waiting for the problems for the new Kernels to be resolved. I have been able to verify that the problem occurs from version 6.2.X onwards, something has been changed in the Kernel and Debian 12 no longer works. However, the thing that I still don't understand is why Debian 11, which is older, works fine with all Kernels including 6.11.X, while Debian 12 doesn't work... A regression that I don't understand...

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User Zone / Re: Gentoo installation issue

« Last post by bernie on October 24, 2024, 11:01:53 pm »

Thank you. I had not figured it out. In the meantime, I had taken the config from the dist kernel, changed it to Power9 and 4K page size and have been running with that. I had not disabled VSX myself. However, looking back, I think my error was that I installed the kernel with the instructions in the PPC handbook, not the PPC64 handbook. That included make-ing the pmac32_defconfig target, which I did think suspicious at the time, but went ahead and did anyway, not realising that I was reading the wrong handbook. I'm going to assume for now that that's how VSX became disabled.

Thank you for your help.

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User Zone / Re: Gentoo installation issue

« Last post by draconx on October 22, 2024, 08:20:58 pm »

Since it's been some time maybe you've figured all this out already, but...

So I compiled a kernel with the options that I thought best, but it won't boot with that kernel. The console output shows:

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Run /init as init process
init[1]: illegal instruction (4) at 3fff894c8fe0 nip 3fff894c8fe0 lr 3fff894bcbdc code 1 in ld64.so.2[3fff89488000+4e000]
init[1]: code: 7ca32a14 7ca92850 78bfd183 41820084 73ea0001 7c070166 7d2a4b78 38c00010
init[1]: code: 39600020 39800030 381fffff 7fe8fb78 <f0000050> 41820020 2c200000 7c004f98
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000004
<snip>


The kernel booted just fine and successfully loaded the first userspace application (/init).
This program then crashed when it executed an illegal instruction in ld64.so.2.

The output above shows that the faulting instruction was <f0000050>.  This is a VSX instruction (xxpermdi) which should normally be supported on POWER9, so my guess is that you have booted a kernel with VSX support disabled (CONFIG_VSX=n) but your userspace is compiled to use VSX unconditionally (e.g., built with gcc -mvsx).

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Firmware / Re: Idenitfy versions of firmwares

« Last post by mparnaudeau on October 22, 2024, 03:27:13 pm »

I am so glad to announce you that the update has been applied successfully! Fans run now at 1800 and 1700 RPM ... so the machine seems so quite!

I was a bit scary and wanted to be sure not making a mistake, so it tool much time but now I can use it without complaints from my wife 

@carlosgonz To be honest, with all these components and various versions (here different versions of BMC but with the same Linux git sha1 ...), I think that's not clear at all. But I applaud Raptor CS for their machines and their work. My Talos 2 is great and I love PowerPC.

@ClassicHasClass Thank you for the feedback

Ah, I was about to forget: the scp transfer worked after I added the option -O, I found that on a forum: "it an issue with OpenSSH client. Since OpenSSH 9.0, the client uses SFTP protocol by default. To use the legacy protocol, the -O option must be specified."

I am impatient to come back to some more productive work with my Talos 2!

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Blackbird / IPL cycle failure

« Last post by Borley on October 22, 2024, 01:03:08 pm »

I have recently been unable to boot one of my Blackbirds (Rev 1.02). This thread will serve as notes for my troubleshoot.

Problem: The board BMC starts when mains power is available and the bottom left LED (D7000) flashes rapidly for 2-3 seconds before entering into a slower pulse indicating BMC bringup. However, upon starting chassis power, the board immediately restarts back to BMC bringup. System fans just barely begin to turn before it resets like this.

I can log into the BMC without issue and it reports (possibly old) critical failures:

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HIGH Error: xyz.openbmc.project.Common.Error.InternalFailure Aug 27, 2022 5:24:36 AM
HIGH Error: open_power.Host.Boot.Error.Checkstop Aug 27, 2022 4:41:00 AM
HIGH Error: open_power.Host.Error.MaintenanceProcecure Aug 27, 2022 4:40:47 AM
HIGH Error: open_power.Host.Error.Event Aug 27, 2022 4:40:46 AM

I say possibly because these errors are old and have been in the log since before this boot issue manifested itself.

Troubleshoot:

1) Re-seat all components, cables
Reseated RAM, CPU, fan connectors, power connectors and tested with PCI devices and all rear+front I/O disconnected - issue persists

2) Check power supply
Checked power supply health with a tester - PSU is functioning properly
Attempted bootup with a different PSU (also tested functional) - issue persists

3) Reflash PNOR, BMC
-Pending-

This Blackbird board typically only sees occasional use for testing, with the only recent change being that I'd started leaving mains power (behind a UPS) connected 24/7 when it is between usage. It is upsetting to have boards costing north of a thousand USD just randomly quit on me, though I will try my best to recover it. Any input is welcome.