[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Wg-test-framework] ThunderX machines (for the Xen Project OSSTEST Test Lab)
Hello all, Sorry about absence due to a home emergency. I am the primary FAE supporting the ThunderX systems sitting in the Cavium HQ offices. Is it possible to get a summary of the need and problem please? Cheers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Motta Field Applications Engineer for Cavium 408-943-7615 (O) 510-757-8909 (C) Phoenics Electronics www.phoenicselectronics.com Proudly celebrating over 10 years supporting Cavium customers -----Original Message----- From: Julien Grall [mailto:julien.grall@xxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2017 4:06 AM To: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Steve Wilson <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Alena Hyde <alena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; wg-test-framework@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx>; Frank Motta <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; ypatel@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: ThunderX machines (for the Xen Project OSSTEST Test Lab) Hi Ian, On 09/02/17 11:54, Ian Jackson wrote: > Julien Grall writes ("Re: ThunderX machines (for the Xen Project OSSTEST Test > Lab)"): >> On 08/02/17 14:29, Ian Jackson wrote: >>> Do you know that these machines work with some upstream Linux and if >>> so which upstream Linux version ? >> >> The upstream support of Thunder-X was still going on recently. Linux >> 4.9 would be the first upstream kernel booting on Thunder-X. However, >> this is only with Device Tree support. You would have to use 4.10 for >> ACPI support. > > We boot (mainly) two kinds of kernels: 1. ones provided by Debian, for > native (non-Xen) installations. 2. our own builds, with Xen (and > these can be any suitable git branch, but we would prefer them to be > some upstream version). > > Debian jessie-backports has Linux 4.9. So it seems that it should be > fine. I don't think we need our native installs to be ACPI. > >> Note that the default arm64 config will not work out of box on this >> board. You will need to enable more options in it. > > Below is a copy of /boot/config-4.9.0-0.bpo.1-arm64 from Debian's > package linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.1-arm64_4.9.2-2~bpo8+1_arm64.deb. Looking at the config, options for Thunder-X are not enabled (e.g CONFIG_ARCH_THUNDER). From what I gathered in my team, there is a package 4.9.6 which has Thunder-X options. However, it is only available on unstable for now. It should reach testing soon and we can then request for a backport. Cheers, -- Julien Grall _______________________________________________ Wg-test-framework mailing list Wg-test-framework@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.xenproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wg-test-framework
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