On Fri, 2012-12-14 at 16:35 +0400, Phileas Fogg wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to bring to your attention the fact that the PS3 platform is broken > on Linux 3.7.0. > > i'm not able to boot Linux 3.7.0 on my PS3 slim. Linux 3.6.10 boots just fine > but not 3.7.0 > When i try to boot Linux 3.7.0 then my PS3 shuts down. > > So i cloned the Linux powerpc GIT repository and tried to find out which > commits broke the PS3 platform. > After some time I tracked it down to 2 commits:
Aneesh, do you have any idea what might be going on there ? Can you look at the PS3 hash code ? It's a bit different from the rest, you might have missed an update or two... Michael, same deal with PACA... Cheers, Ben. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > commit 407821a34fce89b4f0b031dbab5cec7d059f46bc > Author: Michael Ellerman <mich...@ellerman.id.au> > Date: Fri Sep 7 15:31:44 2012 +0000 > > powerpc: Initialise paca.data_offset with poison > > It's possible for the cpu_possible_mask to change between the time we > initialise the pacas and the time we setup per_cpu areas. > > Obviously impossible cpus shouldn't ever be running, but stranger things > have happened. So be paranoid and initialise data_offset with a poison > value in case we don't set it up later. > > Based on a patch from Anton Blanchard. > > Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mich...@ellerman.id.au> > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <b...@kernel.crashing.org> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > commit 048ee0993ec8360abb0b51bdf8f8721e9ed62ec4 > Author: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.ku...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > Date: Mon Sep 10 02:52:55 2012 +0000 > > powerpc/mm: Add 64TB support > > Increase max addressable range to 64TB. This is not tested on > real hardware yet. > > Reviewed-by: Paul Mackerras <pau...@samba.org> > Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.ku...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <b...@kernel.crashing.org> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The first commit causes my PS3 to shut down. If i revert it then i'm able to > boot Linux 3.7.0 and even see some boot messages > on my screen. But then it hangs. The second commit is the reason for the hang > as i figured it out. > > I reverted both commits in current Linux 3.7.0 and was able to boot Linux > 3.7.0 on my PS3 slim successfully. > > Regards > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-dev mailing list > Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org > https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
