Re: Governor problem with generic 6.1 arm64 kernel on Raspberry
>
There was a typo in my last statement...
> oldstable 5.10 --> governor *is* working
> oldstable 6.1 backport --> governor not working
> oldstable 6.1 RT backport --> governor is working
> stable 6.1 --> governor is working
On Wed, 2024-03-13 at 13:41 +0100, Alex wrote:
> Hi Andy,
>
> I see your point... however the governor working or not seems to be a
> pure kernel issue, and Devuan does not support any arm platform and
> not build the generic kernels in the apt repository. Their repository
> is mainly fed from Debian one, with some changes when it comes to
> systemd vs. init.
>
> There are prebuilt images for arm64 with custom compiled kernels
> without any method to do regular updates (they do not feed these
> kernels to the apt repository). This is why I ended in compiling the
> kernel by myself in the first place.
>
> However, to be sure it really is a kernel issue I gave
> 20231109_raspi_4_bookworm.img an try today and the governor worked.
> So I installed the 6.1 kernel from the stable repository on my
> oldstable Devuan userland and still, the governor works.
>
> So, there seems to be a difference between the 6.1 oldstable backport
> kernels vs. the ones in the stable repository.
>
> My first posts primary intention was not to get support (as I do have
> a running system), but to point out a possible bug which is present
> in some Debian arm64 kernels, while others are working fine.
>
> oldstable 5.10 --> governor not working
> oldstable 6.1 backport --> governor not working
> oldstable 6.1 RT backport --> governor working
> stable 6.1 --> governor working
>
> So after all, this does not seem to be a Devuan issue. I'd be glad to
> help tracking down this issue.
>
> Alex
>
> On Tue, 2024-03-12 at 22:26 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 11:14:10AM +0100, Alex wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I am running a Raspberry Pi 4 with an oldstable release for a few
> > > years
> > > now. In fact, it is Devuan Chimaera, corresponding to Debian 11
> > > Bookworm without systemd. As the kernel images comes straight
> > > from
> > > Debian, I am reporting it here...
> > >
> >
> > Can I respectfully suggest that you ask Devuan for help?
> >
> > if you use the images at raspi.debian.net, we may be able to help
> > you.
> > If you want to try booting using UEFI and a stock Debian image, we
> > can also offer advice.
> >
> > For Devuan - we cannot be entirely sure that the advice we give
> > will
> > be correct.
> >
> > With every good wish, as ever,
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > > Alex
> > >
> >
>
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