Re: non-free firmware
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 10:02:56AM +0100, Frans van Berckel wrote:
> And yes, because Debian sparc64 runs very well with a 3.16 kernel-
> image. The sparc backported one to be clear. I extracted the package
> and copied it manually into the new rootfs. And updated the silo.conf.
Are you talking about the driver or the firmware?
> But maybe we just have to build a sparc64 package for it :-)
No, we have to fix the actual bug. Jamming an old, unsupported kernel
into a sparc64 package is a workaround, not a fix.
> > I also saw your report in the mailing list archives.
>
> And a real bug post, so being able tracking it ...
>
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110081
You should add some SPARC kernel people to the CC of this bug report
and also post this to the sparclinux kernel mailing list so you get
some attention.
> > I applied the following patch to a vanilla 4.9.0 kernel, and it
> > didn't work either.
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/6533041/
This very much looks like the root of the cause. Are you sure you
properly applied and booted the right kernel? Sorry for asking stupid
questions, but I have made similar mistakes in the past myself, so
sometimes this cannot be ruled out :).
> > If anyone has any ideas, i would greatly appreciate their input, as
> > it would be nice to use the controller given that i just got a batch
> > of disks to use with the built in backplane.
>
> I am open for new ideas as well.
I would talk Meelis Roos who wrote the above patch. He probably has
some insight.
Adrian
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