Re: Current state of the Linux kernel on SPARC
Hi Tony,
On Wed, 2025-08-27 at 06:29 -0700, Tony Rodriguez wrote:
> After an initial glance at the Debian S7-2 panic message, I will
> try resetting my LDOM settings to factory default via Solaris.
> Then try to boot Debian again. Wondering if something about my
> LDOM configuration is causing a problem?
I don't really know what the reason for the current crashes in Debian
are. In particular, the patches by Michael Karcher make the Debian kernel
crash on the Sun Netra 240 while a vanilla upstream kernel runs very stable
with those patches.
This just needs more investigation. I can therefore just repeat my previous
request, please test Michael's patch series on your Linux distribution of
choice, be it Gentoo or T2DE and report back!
> FYI, Solaris has no problem with it.
I thought the current Solaris 11.4 CBE doesn't work on the S7, does it?
> If Debian still panics after the LDOM reset then I will try the non-smp
> kernel as suggested. Will reply and let you know the result.
Thanks. I will do some more systematic testing in the next days. There might
also be a toolchain bug lingering as the working kernels were built with
older GCC versions.
> PS - Can’t do this today, have other plans, but will do so tomorrow.
No worries.
Adrian
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