Hi Peter, I finally got around (very sorry for the long delay!) to testing your 4.3 kernel on my G5. But I ran into a snag: The 4.3.0 kernel doesn’t seem to have MD (raid) configured in. Is there a reason for that? Could you build one that does?
Thanks! Rick On Nov 15, 2015, at 12:23 PM, Peter Saisanas <psaisa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > It looks like you are not booting from the 3.18.16 kernel. > If you have installed the packages, you need to create an entry for the new > kernel by editing /etc/yaboot.conf and once saved run ybin -v. > > Also, i have built a 4.3.0 kernel deb package. > > Aside from the newer kernel, it also has a nouveau pageflip patch for drm and > pre nv50 class gpu's. > Also, it has i2c-powermac built in to the kernel, so it should automatically > start the appropriate windfarm driver for fans / cooling and snd-aoa sound > driver for your machine. > > MSI interrupts are enabled again in this kernel, but still wont work with > nouveau and powermac 11.2 for now > > Once installing the kernel and modifying yaboot, you need to create a module > option file in /etc/modprobe.d and save file as nouveau.conf with the > following single line below: > > options nouveau config="NvMSI=0" > > Once file is saved, you need to update your initrd for kernel 4.3.0, apply > the change by running the following command: > > update-initramfs -u > > Reboot and if all goes well, you should be booting with kernel 4.3.0 and > lightdm login should pop up. > > Up to you, but If you switch to sid repositories, mesa 11.0.5 is available > and you should be able to get OpenGL working with nouveau and your particular > GPU. > > Google drive link for kernel debs below: > > https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8pqd5Ots1vfT2puX09CYjEwcFk&usp=sharing > > Please let me know how you go. > > Regards, > Peter
