As I said, I don't understand the details. Perhaps Peter can tell us. Rick
On Mar 19, 2016, at 9:28 AM, void <v...@comsouth.net> wrote: > Would it not be better to fix the graphics driver instead of using a modified > Kernel? Simply curious if it wouldn't be considered a bug. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Rick Thomas <rbtho...@pobox.com> > Date: 3/18/2016 11:09 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: Mathieu Malaterre <ma...@debian.org>, steven.gru...@gmail.com > Cc: Clive Menzies <cl...@clivemenzies.co.uk>, PowerPC List Debian > <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: Debian on iMac G5 > > > On Mar 17, 2016, at 1:10 AM, Mathieu Malaterre <ma...@debian.org> wrote: > > > But I am curious is the official debian kernel 4.5.0-rc2-powerpc64 not > > working for you ? What's so special about the one from 'Peter > > Saidanas' ? > > There is no official Debian kernel 4.5 yet, as far as I know. > > Peter Sasisanas has discovered a problem with the interaction between the > nouveau driver and the powerpc64 (aka ppc64) kernel. I don't understand the > details, but it seems to have something to do with large pages not being > compatible with the nouveau driver. > > So Peter has generated a series of ppc64 kernels that don't use large pages. > They are available here: > > https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8pqd5Ots1vfT2puX09CYjEwcFk&usp=sharing > > open one of the folders (the 4.5.0-rc2 kernel works OK with Debian Stretch on > my PowerMac G5) and download the two .deb files you find in the folder. > > Install both of them using "dpkg -i ….deb". Modify /etc/yaboot.conf to use > the new kernel. Run "ybin -v". And reboot. Maybe you'll see a working > graphical sign in screen. > > Peter may know if there's any chance of his changes (or something like them) > getting into mainstream Debian in the future. It may be difficult, because > whether or not you want large pages depends on you particular hardware, so it > would not be possible to have one standard config for all ppc64 machines. > > It's worth a try, anyway! > > Rick
