On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 08:39:12AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > i have just tried a daily sarge businesscard on a powerbook g5. the > > installer > > works just fine using the install-power4 option. I could also resize the > > hpfs > > partition using parted (from the command line, and after having disabled the > > journaling in osx). 2.6.8-power4-smp and 2.6.11-power4-smp both work fine > > too. > > > > i am now trying to compile 2.6.12-rc5 using a config derived from debian's > > 2.6.11-power4, adding support for smu, suspend, and cpufreq support, but i > > get > > a few errors, and a few questions too. > > Are you living on a different space/time continuum ? :) > > First, there is no such thing as a powerbook g5 yet ...
mmh, maybe a bit hasty sometimes :) it is a powermac, sorry. > Then, if it's a g5 machine, no kernel supports suspend and cpufreq yet > neither. > > Finally, the SMU support upstream is very basic, I rewrote the driver > but haven't merged the new one yet. > > > first of all, how do i compile a ppc64, and what do i need to boot/use it? i > > have PPC_PMA64 and PPC64BRIDGE set, but include/asm points to > > include/asm-ppc64. > > You need a biarch (32 & 64 bits) toolchain and make ARCH=ppc64 > > > > > o Analogue sound output? > > > > > > Not yet. > > > > Ben, did you not say the -rc4 will have "analog work on some desktop G5" in > > a > > previous thread? > > Yes, on some deskop G5s, but not on the iMac yet, it's a different chip. great. > > > > o Dynamic CPU clock scaling? > > > > > > Will be there soon too. Probably along with Fan control. > > > > according to the warning in arch/ppc/platforms/pmac_cpufreq.c, using > > cpufreq on > > smp kernel is not a good idea. what is the status of this? (btw, the > > ___save_processor_state call should be replaced by save_processor_state) > > > > and what about altivec support? is there no such thing anymore? > > None of that code in arch/ppc/* is suitable for ppc64 machines anyway, > you are mixing 32 and 64 bits kernel here. The cpufreq code isn't > working on any SMP machine at the moment anyways due to the way it > recalibrates the jiffies. > > Altivec is supported on both 32 and 64 bits kernels. any reason why altivec is not set in the 2.6.8 and 2.6.11 debian kernels? > > > > What is the best/easiest way to actually install debian on an imac? > > > > Should i be using the newfangled debian-installer release candidates, > > > > or > > > > something else? > > > > > > I suppose you want somebody to build you a 64 bits kernel with proper > > > SMU support and boot that with the debian install initrd... > > > > When CONFIG_PMAC_SMU is set, i get > > This option is not supported on 32 bits kernel, it's a Kconfig mistake > that it lets you turn it on. > > > ater deactivating CONFIG_PMAC_SMU, i get: > > > > drivers/built-in.o(.pmac.text+0x37fc): In function `pmac_suspend_devices': > > : undefined reference to `pmac_tweak_clock_spreading' > > drivers/built-in.o(.pmac.text+0x39b8): In function `pmac_wakeup_devices': > > : undefined reference to `pmac_tweak_clock_spreading' > > > > which i still get after deactiving SWSUSPEND and USB SUSPEND > > Just don't try to build 32 bits kernels for G5, this isn't supported > anymore and I will remove the option soon sorry, just for precision, does that mean, the power4 flavour is deprecated in newer kernels in favour of the pseries? i quite liked the idea of being able to install a full 32 bits system on a G5. thanks, paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
