Re: ppc64 pseries 2.6.11-2 .deb kernel available

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 10:20:34PM +0100, Paul Brossier wrote:
> > Could you paste me the /proc/cpuinfo of this ppc64 kernel ? 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> i have tried with your updated version:
> 
> $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor       : 0
> cpu             : PPC970, altivec supported
> clock           : 1800.000000MHz
> revision        : 2.2
> 
> processor       : 1
> cpu             : PPC970, altivec supported
> clock           : 1800.000000MHz
> revision        : 2.2
> 
> timebase        : 33333333
> machine         : PowerMac7,2
> motherboard     : PowerMac7,2 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh
> detected as     : 336 (PowerMac G5)
> pmac flags      : 00000000
> pmac-generation : NewWorld
> 
> just wondering, is the timebase suppose to look like this? and where are
> the bogomips gone?

No idea, the timebase looks suspisious though, but i don't know what it is.

> $ cat /proc/version
> Linux version 2.6.11-pseries (sven@pegasos2) (gcc version 3.4.4 (Debian 3.4.4-0ubuntu3)) #1 SMP Fri Jun 3 17:32:34 UTC 2005
> 
> $ grep PM72 /boot/config-2.6.11-p*
> /boot/config-2.6.11-power4-smp:CONFIG_THERM_PM72=y
> /boot/config-2.6.11-pseries:# CONFIG_THERM_PM72 is not set
> 
> it is still as noisy as in an aircraft here :)

Ok, i think benh said never kernels had less troubles, but i guess by newer
kernels he meant 2.6.12-rcsomething ones. We can either wait for 2.6.12 which
should be soon now, or backport the fixes. Or go for a 2.6.12-rc<something>
kernel.

> $ grep ALTIVEC /boot/config-2.6.11-p*
> /boot/config-2.6.11-power4-smp:# CONFIG_ALTIVEC is not set
> /boot/config-2.6.11-pseries:CONFIG_ALTIVEC=y
> 
> nice, thanks

Indeed.

Friendly,

Sven Luther