Issues with the first PowerPC updates for the kernel 6.1

[Christian Zigotzky]

On 29 October 2022 at 01:44 pm, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
> On 17 October 2022 at 09:53 am, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
>>> On 17. Oct 2022, at 02:43, Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au> wrote:
>>> Previously BIG_ENDIAN && GENERIC_CPU would use -mcpu=power5, now it 
>>> uses
>>> -mcpu=power4.
>> Maybe this is the issue. We will wait and not release the RC1 for 
>> testing because it is a risk for our testers to test these new 
>> kernels because of this issue.
>>
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>>
> I compiled the RC2 of kernel 6.0 today.
Typo: I mean the RC2 of kernel 6.1.
>
> After the first boot of the RC2, the file system was immediately to 
> 100% used.  This is the same issue we have seen with the git kernel 3 
> weeks ago.
>
> The Cyrus+ and Nemo boards are affected.
>
> I wrote 3 weeks ago:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I successfully compiled the latest git kernel with the first PowerPC 
> updates yesterday.
>
> Unfortunately this kernel is really dangerous. Many things for example 
> Network Manager and LightDM don't work anymore and produced several 
> gigabyte of config files till the partition has been filled.
>
> I deleted some files like the resolv.conf that had a size over 200 GB!
>
> Unfortunately, MintPPC was still damaged. For example LightDM doesn't 
> work anymore and the MATE desktop doesn't display any icons anymore 
> because Caja wasn't able to reserve memory anymore.
>
> In this case, bisecting isn't an option and I have to wait some weeks. 
> It is really difficult to find the issue if the userland will damaged 
> again and again.
>
> Cheers,
> Christian
>
> ---
>
> Maybe there is an issue in my kernel configs. Could you please check 
> the configs? Please find attached the configs. Could you please test 
> the RC2 on your FSL and pasemi machines?
>
> Thanks,
> Christian
>