Bug#429622: AMD/ATI SB700 support to Debian
Hi Dann: It's a good news. But we find another problem, if there is an SATA ODD besides the SATA HDD connected to the host, Debian can NOT boot up, these are many SATA related error messages. We need more debug on this issue. There is a known SB600 SATA ODD error message problem, we will confirm whether this problem exist on SB700 or not in the future. Ok - let me know what you find out. (ODD == Optical Disk Drive?) I have confirmed that the SB600 SATA ODD error message also appear on SB700 board, please refer to the link below for more information to this issue and our patch: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commi t;h=55a61604cd1354e1783364e1c901034f2f474b7d This patch has been accepted by kernel.org for about half a year, But I find that etch kernel our QA provided (2.6.18, may be not the up to date one) do NOT contain this patch. So would you please help to apply this patch to etch? Or should I submit another bug to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'? (You may help to confirm the up to date etch kernel source first if I need send this mail. I also checked that there is another SB600 patch NOT in etch: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commi t;h=ab17443a3df35abe4b7529e83511a591aa7384f3 I wish this patch to be applied too. Thanks Shane
Bug#429622: AMD/ATI SB700 support to Debian
Hi Dann: The Snapshots Status: http://stats.buildserver.net/packages/status.php?email=debian-kernelpac kages=arches=subdist=kernel-dists also marked many Failed to kernel 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9251 Is there some problem in the kernel version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9249 and r9251? If do, please give us a notification after you solve it, so that we can retry to upgrade the kernel. Yep, turns out there was a problem with the snapshot system. Bastian has fixed this, so builds should appear in the next 24 hours. We have upgraded the linux kernel version to: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9304, which can boot well on SB700 board! It's a good news. But we find another problem, if there is an SATA ODD besides the SATA HDD connected to the host, Debian can NOT boot up, these are many SATA related error messages. We need more debug on this issue. There is a known SB600 SATA ODD error message problem, we will confirm whether this problem exist on SB700 or not in the future. Thanks Shane
Bug#429622: AMD/ATI SB700 support to Debian
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 07:43:47PM +0800, Shane Huang wrote: Hi Dann: The Snapshots Status: http://stats.buildserver.net/packages/status.php?email=debian-kernelpac kages=arches=subdist=kernel-dists also marked many Failed to kernel 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9251 Is there some problem in the kernel version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9249 and r9251? If do, please give us a notification after you solve it, so that we can retry to upgrade the kernel. Yep, turns out there was a problem with the snapshot system. Bastian has fixed this, so builds should appear in the next 24 hours. We have upgraded the linux kernel version to: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9304, which can boot well on SB700 board! Thanks for testing. Were you able to test this on an SB600 as well? I want to make sure we don't regress that support. It's a good news. But we find another problem, if there is an SATA ODD besides the SATA HDD connected to the host, Debian can NOT boot up, these are many SATA related error messages. We need more debug on this issue. There is a known SB600 SATA ODD error message problem, we will confirm whether this problem exist on SB700 or not in the future. Ok - let me know what you find out. (ODD == Optical Disk Drive?) -- dann frazier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#429622: AMD/ATI SB700 support to Debian
Hi Dann: Were you able to test this on an SB600 as well? I want to make sure we don't regress that support. The kernel 2.6.18-5-k7 (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9304) can also boot on SB600 board. But there are also many ODD error messages when booting up if SATA ODD is connected, we need more debug on it too. Ok - let me know what you find out. (ODD == Optical Disk Drive?) Yep, we use ODD/HDD to indicate Optical/Hard Disk Drive BTW: We submitted many SB700 new data to Linux PCI ID Repository: http://pciids.sourceforge.net/ as well as some RD790/RD890 related PCI IDs. Which have been accepted by the maintainer only several days ago. So please don't forget to update the /usr/share/misc/pci.ids file in Debian. Otherwise our customers will get many Unknown device messages on SB700 board with Debian, when running command: #lspci Thanks Shane
Bug#429622: AMD/ATI SB700 support to Debian
Hi Dann: On that note, I've backported the various patches you've pointed me to and committed them as they are all now upstream. This will result in snapshot builds which you can pull and test. See the snapshots section for etch here: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel This was committed in r9249, so you'll want to be sure to grab a kernel of version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9249 or greater. Our software QA is in charge of this test, but we find that we are NOT able to upgrade the etch kernel to the version you suggested: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9249 or greater The version we can upgrade to is: Linux version 2.6.18-5-amd64 (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9168) But this kernel version can NOT boot on SB700 board. The Snapshots Status: http://stats.buildserver.net/packages/status.php?email=debian-kernelpac kages=arches=subdist=kernel-dists also marked many Failed to kernel 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9251 Is there some problem in the kernel version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9249 and r9251? If do, please give us a notification after you solve it, so that we can retry to upgrade the kernel. We also tried to upgrade kernel to: 2.6.23-rc2-k7 (Debian 2.6.23~rc2-1~experimental.1~snapshot.9282) which can NOT boot on SB700 board either. I think it's reasonable because you don't add all SB700 patches into it, Am I right? Btw: Is there any method to get the kernel source code of the snapshot version such as 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9168? Please tell us if you know. Thanks Best Regards Shane
Bug#429622: AMD/ATI SB700 support to Debian
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 07:14:55PM +0800, Shane Huang wrote: The Snapshots Status: http://stats.buildserver.net/packages/status.php?email=debian-kernelpac kages=arches=subdist=kernel-dists also marked many Failed to kernel 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9251 Is there some problem in the kernel version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9249 and r9251? If do, please give us a notification after you solve it, so that we can retry to upgrade the kernel. Yep, turns out there was a problem with the snapshot system. Bastian has fixed this, so builds should appear in the next 24 hours. We also tried to upgrade kernel to: 2.6.23-rc2-k7 (Debian 2.6.23~rc2-1~experimental.1~snapshot.9282) which can NOT boot on SB700 board either. I think it's reasonable because you don't add all SB700 patches into it, Am I right? If there are required patches that did not go upstream before 2.6.23-rc2, then this is reasonable. I didn't monitor when all of these patches went upstream - just that they did. And, since they did, they should all be there when 2.6.23 releases and before it is uploaded into Debian/unstable. Btw: Is there any method to get the kernel source code of the snapshot version such as 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9168? Please tell us if you know. Yes, there is a package called linux-source-2.6.18 that installs a source tarball in /usr/src. Snapshots of this are autobuilt along with the rest, so it should appear in the next 24 hours as well. -- dann frazier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#429622: AMD/ATI SB700 support to Debian
Hi Dann: Do you mean you need our test to the point release kernel on SB700/SB600? I think I can ask our QA's help to test it. Great, that helps a great deal. Adding Mick into this thread. I have asked our QA Mick to help test this issue, but as you know, We are also busy with many other scheduled urgent works, so we will have to test the debian new kernel next week and send you the result ASAP when we get the result. Thanks Best Regards Shane
Bug#429622: AMD/ATI SB700 support to Debian
Hi Dann: Do you mean you need our test to the point release kernel on SB700/SB600? I think I can ask our QA's help to test it. And I have one question here: Is there any installation CD/DVD ISO image of point release, which can be downloaded and burnt into CD/DVD? (It seems that there is no such ISO image) If there is no such image, we need to install etch(4.0) on a non-SB700 board, then upgrade the linux kernel into the version you mentioned, and try to boot this updated kernel on SB700 board, Am I right? Because I think etch(4.0) can NOT be installed onto SB700 board directly. Thanks Shane Of course, the only way you will know if we are looking at candidate upstreams for the next release is to follow along with the debian-kernel list. If you don't really want to do that, you can simply file the bugs and include a mention of which upstream kernel fixes it (and, as always, pointers to exact git changesets are ideal). That all said, I'd really like to see new hardware support get added into the *existing* etch (4.0) release instead of forcing users to wait for lenny for stable release support. Hardware support can be added in what we call 'point releases'. The kernel for the first point release (4.0r1) is already done and has been for some time, but we can start testing patches for the point release (4.0r2) now. On that note, I've backported the various patches you've pointed me to and committed them as they are all now upstream. This will result in snapshot builds which you can pull and test. See the snapshots section for etch here: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel This was committed in r9249, so you'll want to be sure to grab a kernel of version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9249 or greater. I don't have the hardware in question, so all I've been able to test is that it builds cleanly. Can you test these for us or help us find some users who can? I'd like to get positive feedback on both the SB600 and SB700 before releasing. Please direct that feedback to this bug report.
Bug#429622: AMD/ATI SB700 support to Debian
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 03:17:30PM +0800, Shane Huang wrote: Hi Dann: Do you mean you need our test to the point release kernel on SB700/SB600? I think I can ask our QA's help to test it. Great, that helps a great deal. And I have one question here: Is there any installation CD/DVD ISO image of point release, which can be downloaded and burnt into CD/DVD? (It seems that there is no such ISO image) Correct - there is no such image yet. The installers will need to be rebuilt for the point release to add this support (which we'll need to negotiate with the installer team). If there is no such image, we need to install etch(4.0) on a non-SB700 board, then upgrade the linux kernel into the version you mentioned, and try to boot this updated kernel on SB700 board, Am I right? Correct. You should be able to install in another machine (e.g., an SB600) and upgrade, then swap the disks. It is possible to build your own installer w/ a custom kernel, but its not a path I would suggest if the disk-swap procedure is workable. Because I think etch(4.0) can NOT be installed onto SB700 board directly. That's how I understand it as well. -- dann frazier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#429622: AMD/ATI SB700 support to Debian
Package: kernel Version: older than 2.6.22 We have four patches for AMD/ATI SB700, and we will full support SB700 until 2.6.23-rc1. The four patches have been accepted by kernel org and the applied kernel version are listed as following: 1.SMBus device ID 2.6.23-rc1 2.IDE device ID 2.6.22 3.SATA device ID2.6.22 4.Combined mode 2.6.22 Because the patch for SMBus device ID is sent after the merge window for 2.6.22, and as a result it is queued for the next kernel version: 2.6.23. it will be merged in Linus' tree between 2.6.22 (final) and 2.6.23-rc1. My request here is: Which kernel version will be adopted in the next Debian(4.1?) release? If it will use the linux kernel AFTER 2.6.22, then that's good and please discard the rest part of this mail. Otherwise if it use the kernel older than 2.6.22, please apply the attached four patches into it manually. Thanks Best Regards Shane SMBus.patch Description: SMBus.patch combinedmode.patch Description: combinedmode.patch ide.patch Description: ide.patch sata.patch Description: sata.patch
