Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc-ieee1275: load grub at 8MB, not 2MB

2021-11-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi! On 11/16/21 16:31, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Was it tested on powerpc-based Macs? They're still useful for > debugging and developpement despite their age Fired up my iBook G4 now and updating everything the latest package versions in Debian unstable. Will test the patch after th

Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc-ieee1275: load grub at 8MB, not 2MB

2021-11-16 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 7:07 PM Robbie Harwood wrote: > > John Paul Adrian Glaubitz writes: > > > On 11/16/21 17:48, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > > > I work a commercial Linux vendor myself, but I find it a bit frustrating > > when some people think Linux development should care about com

Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc-ieee1275: load grub at 8MB, not 2MB

2021-11-16 Thread Robbie Harwood
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz writes: > On 11/16/21 17:48, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > I work a commercial Linux vendor myself, but I find it a bit frustrating > when some people think Linux development should care about commercial use > cases only. This is a mischaracterization of what I s

Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc-ieee1275: load grub at 8MB, not 2MB

2021-11-16 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 11/16/21 17:48, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> But generally, I don't think this is a reasonable requirement. > > I do. And, FWIW, we have quite an active user base for Debian on PowerMacs and I would eventually get all these user reports if something breaks. I work a commercial Linux ve

Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc-ieee1275: load grub at 8MB, not 2MB

2021-11-16 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello! On 11/16/21 17:37, Robbie Harwood wrote: > Per Daniel's message: > > The tests with powerpc32 using the OpenBIOS OF implementation seem > to still work. I have no 32-bit Apple hardware to test on. > > But generally, I don't think this is a reasonable requirement. I do. > Not onl

Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc-ieee1275: load grub at 8MB, not 2MB

2021-11-16 Thread Robbie Harwood
"Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko" writes: > Was it tested on powerpc-based Macs? They're still useful for > debugging and developpement despite their age Per Daniel's message: The tests with powerpc32 using the OpenBIOS OF implementation seem to still work. I have no 32-bit Apple hardware

Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc-ieee1275: load grub at 8MB, not 2MB

2021-11-16 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Was it tested on powerpc-based Macs? They're still useful for debugging and developpement despite their age On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 4:42 AM Daniel Axtens wrote: > > RHEL9.0 builds were failing to boot with bizzare errors about module > licensing. > > This was first reported under PFW but reproduc

Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc-ieee1275: load grub at 8MB, not 2MB

2021-11-16 Thread Robbie Harwood
Daniel Axtens writes: > RHEL9.0 builds were failing to boot with bizzare errors about module > licensing. > > This was first reported under PFW but reproduces under SLOF. > > What is going wrong? > > > Much debugging later, it turned out that this was because their image was

[PATCH 1/2] powerpc-ieee1275: load grub at 8MB, not 2MB

2021-11-15 Thread Daniel Axtens
RHEL9.0 builds were failing to boot with bizzare errors about module licensing. This was first reported under PFW but reproduces under SLOF. What is going wrong? Much debugging later, it turned out that this was because their image was greater than 2MB - 16KB in size: - Th