Hi Johnny, pt., 28 wrz 2018 o 15:56 Marcin Wojtas <mw at semihalf.com> napisał(a): > > Hi Johnny, > > Thank you for the information. > > pt., 28 wrz 2018 o 13:02 Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> napisał(a): > > > > Marcin, > > > > I have added these patches to the new kernel that I am going to release > > later today. > > > > There seemed to be some new config entries (other than just the 3 you > > specified). I think I enabled everything and created modules for them > > for aarch64. > > > > Please take a look at the new kernel and make sure the config is like > > you want it. > > > > kernel-alt-4.14.0-49.13.1.el7a.src.rpm on target c7.1804.u.aarch64 > > I checked the config in the build.log and everything seems in place. > > > > > (It should be signed and released in a couple hours, I am still going to > > do a boot test on a real machine .. I already booted it in a VM) > > > > What will be the easiest way to test it? Do you publish some kind of > daily build isos, that one can burn and install? > Is the new build available publicly? What is the easiest way to try it out on my target machine? Thanks, Marcin > Best regards, > Marcin > > > Thanks, > > Johnny Hughes > > > > On 09/11/2018 08:34 AM, Marcin Wojtas wrote: > > > Hi Johny, > > > > > > Were you able to take a look at the patches? > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Marcin > > > > > > wt., 4 wrz 2018 o 18:22 Marcin Wojtas <mw at semihalf.com > > > <mailto:mw at semihalf.com>> napisał(a): > > > > > > Hi Johnny, > > > > > > I attach all patches, they will easily apply (git am centos_mvpp2/*) > > > onto v4.14.0 baseline. Also a kernel-alt-4.14.0-aarch64.config file > > > must be updated with following additions: > > > +CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU=y > > > +CONFIG_MVPP2=m > > > +CONFIG_MARVELL_10G_PHY=m > > > > > > For reference I attach the config file as well (I took > > > kernel-alt-4.14.0-aarch64.config from top of c7-alt branch to v4.14.0 > > > baseline, enabled 3 configs as above and saved). > > > > > > Please let know if you need any help. About testing, what would be the > > > easiest way to try full centos image with the kernel? > > > Install the latest available iso from: > > > http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/aarch64/ > > > and run kernel update? Or a different way is recommended? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Marcin > > > > > > wt., 4 wrz 2018 o 15:00 Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org > > > <mailto:johnny at centos.org>> napisał(a): > > > > > > > > On 09/03/2018 09:24 AM, Marcin Wojtas wrote: > > > > > Hi Jim, > > > > > > > > > > I've prepared list of mainline patches, that smoothely apply onto > > > > > v4.14 baseline. The NIC is working with ACPI as expected. > > > > > Because it's not clear to me, how patches should be submitted > > > (please > > > > > see my questions from previous emails), below you can find a full > > > > > list. > > > > > > > > > > Please let know, how can we proceed from here and how possibly > > > could I > > > > > test real Centos image with patches applied. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Marcin > > > > > > > > > > ====== LIST of MVPP2 Patches ====== > > > > > 38c5eb93aca9 net: mvpp2: remove useless goto (v4.15-rc1) > > > > > 2d1d7df8a365 net: mvpp2: set the Rx FIFO size depending on the > > > port speeds for > > > > > PPv2.2 (v4.15-rc1) > > > > > 7c10f9742d76 net: mvpp2: initialize the Tx FIFO size (v4.15-rc1) > > > > > 1d7d15d79fb4 net: mvpp2: initialize the RSS tables (v4.15-rc1) > > > > > 1d17db08c056 net: mvpp2: limit TSO segments and use stop/wake > > > thresholds > > > > > (v4.15-rc1) > > > > > 02856a3ba633 net: mvpp2: use the aggr txq size define everywhere > > > (v4.15-rc1) > > > > > 6eb5d375cefc net: mvpp2: simplify the Tx desc set DMA logic > > > (v4.15-rc1) > > > > > 118d6298f6f0 net: mvpp2: add ethtool GOP statistics (v4.15-rc1) > > > > > e5c500eb298a net: mvpp2: fix GOP statistics loop start and stop > > > conditions > > > > > (v4.15-rc1) > > > > > ba2d8d887d96 net: mvpp2: fix the txq_init error path (v4.15-rc2) > > > > > 26146b0e6b68 net: mvpp2: cleanup probed ports in the probe error > > > path > > > > > (v4.15-rc2) > > > > > e749aca84b10 net: mvpp2: do not disable GMAC padding (v4.15-rc2) > > > > > 76e583c5f50e net: mvpp2: check ethtool sets the Tx ring size is > > > to a valid min > > > > > value (v4.15-rc2) > > > > > a154f8e399a0 net: mvpp2: allocate zeroed tx descriptors (v4.15-rc3) > > > > > 8a7b741e76cd net: mvpp2: fix the RSS table entry offset (v4.15-rc3) > > > > > b70d4a5195c7 net: mvpp2: only free the TSO header buffers when > > > it was allocated > > > > > (v4.16-rc1) > > > > > 7cf87e4a5c2b net: mvpp2: split the max ring size from the > > > default one > > > > > (v4.16-rc1) > > > > > 385c284fee84 net: mvpp2: align values in ethtool get_coalesce > > > (v4.16-rc1) > > > > > 24b28ccb8575 net: mvpp2: report the tx-usec coalescing > > > information to ethtool > > > > > (v4.16-rc1) > > > > > 86162281c25f net: mvpp2: adjust the coalescing parameters > > > (v4.16-rc1) > > > > > babe2dbb28e7 device property: Introduce fwnode_get_mac_address() > > > (v4.16-rc1) > > > > > b28f263b8670 device property: Introduce fwnode_get_phy_mode() > > > (v4.16-rc1) > > > > > 7c6c57f2ab2c device property: Introduce fwnode_irq_get() (v4.16-rc1) > > > > > 3395de96ae59 device property: Allow iterating over available > > > child fwnodes > > > > > (v4.16-rc1) > > > > > bf147153d7f4 net: mvpp2: simplify maintaining enabled ports' > > > list (v4.16-rc1) > > > > > 248122212f68 net: mvpp2: use device_*/fwnode_* APIs instead of > > > of_* (v4.16-rc1) > > > > > a75edc7c2eab net: mvpp2: enable ACPI support in the driver > > > (v4.16-rc1) > > > > > 7ac8ff95f48c mvpp2: fix multicast address filter (v4.16-rc3) > > > > > 56beda3db602 net: mvpp2: Add hardware offloading for VLAN > > > filtering (v4.17-rc1) > > > > > 01d049366529 net: mvpp2: use the same buffer pool for all ports > > > (v4.17-rc1) > > > > > effbf5f58d64 net: mvpp2: update the BM buffer free/destroy logic > > > (v4.17-rc1) > > > > > 93ff130f1c2b net: mvpp2: use a data size of 10kB for Tx FIFO on > > > port 0 > > > > > (v4.17-rc1) > > > > > 381c56712db4 net: mvpp2: enable UDP/TCP checksum over IPv6 > > > (v4.17-rc1) > > > > > 576193f2d579 net: mvpp2: jumbo frames support (v4.17-rc1) > > > > > 6e61e10a8a96 net: mvpp2: mvpp2_check_hw_buf_num() can be static > > > (v4.17-rc1) > > > > > ce2a27c761ac net: mvpp2: Simplify MAC filtering function > > > parameters (v4.17-rc1) > > > > > 10fea26ce2aa net: mvpp2: Add support for unicast filtering > > > (v4.17-rc1) > > > > > e2e031640b3a net: mvpp2: use correct index on array mvpp2_pools > > > (v4.17-rc1) > > > > > 47e0e14eb1a6 net: mvpp2: Make mvpp2_prs_hw_read a parser entry > > > init function > > > > > (v4.17-rc1) > > > > > 0c6d9b44145d net: mvpp2: Don't use dynamic allocs for local > > > variables > > > > > (v4.17-rc1) > > > > > cdcfeb0fb473 net: mvpp2: Use relaxed I/O in data path (v4.17-rc1) > > > > > 3d92f0b58206 net: mvpp2: Fix parser entry init boundary check > > > (v4.17-rc1) > > > > > 982e05001c47 net: mvpp2: Fix TCAM filter reserved range (v4.17-rc2) > > > > > da42bb271305 net: mvpp2: Fix DMA address mask size (v4.17-rc2) > > > > > 45f972adb7f4 net: mvpp2: Fix clk error path in mvpp2_probe > > > (v4.17-rc4) > > > > > 9af771ced473 net: mvpp2: Fix clock resource by adding missing > > > mg_core_clk > > > > > (v4.17-rc4) > > > > > ====== END OF LIST ============= > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pon., 13 sie 2018 o 10:50 Marcin Wojtas <mw at semihalf.com > > > <mailto:mw at semihalf.com>> napisał(a): > > > > >> > > > > >> Hi Jim, > > > > >> > > > > >> Would it be possible, that you take a look at my questions form the > > > > >> previous email? > > > > >> > > > > >> Thanks in advance, > > > > >> Marcin > > > > >> > > > > >> śr., 1 sie 2018 o 17:11 Marcin Wojtas <mw at semihalf.com > > > <mailto:mw at semihalf.com>> napisał(a): > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Hi Jim, > > > > >>> > > > > >>> wt., 31 lip 2018 o 18:09 Jim Perrin <jperrin at centos.org > > > <mailto:jperrin at centos.org>> napisał(a): > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> On 07/30/2018 07:00 AM, Marcin Wojtas wrote: > > > > >>>>> Hi Jim, > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> It's been a while, since I sent the patch. Any objections > > > about merging? > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> Is v4.11 kernel still a valid baseline or for the next > > > releases or we > > > > >>>>> should use v4.14? When is that transition and next release > > > supposed to > > > > >>>>> happen? > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> The current version of the supported kernel is 4.14, so this > > > would need > > > > >>>> to be updated to support the 4.14 tree. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> There is still a gap between vanilla v4.14 version of the > > > driver and > > > > >>> the upstream commits that allow to use it with ACPI (although much > > > > >>> smaller than for v4.11). What is a procedure of providing you the > > > > >>> patches? > > > > >>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>> Best regards, > > > > >>>>> Marcinsob., 23 cze 2018 o 08:18 Marcin Wojtas > > > <mw at semihalf.com <mailto:mw at semihalf.com>> napisał(a): > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> Hi, > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> I'm sending a patch that is applicable on top of the kernel > > > > >>>>>> sig-altarch7-aarch64 branch. It enables ACPI support for > > > the Marvell > > > > >>>>>> Armada7k8k NIC - this required backporting very big amount > > > of patches > > > > >>>>>> (all merged upstream), hence I decided to attach the single > > > commit, > > > > >>>>>> instead of issueing 'git send-email' of it. > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> Once we got to 4.14, there didn't seem to be a demand for the > > > > >>>> sig-altarch kernel to continue so I left it at the previous > > > version. > > > > >>>> From the sounds of things, you still need it for this to work? > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Is v4.14-based Centos an official version to support aarch64? > > > If yes, > > > > >>> I'd complement this version with the needed patches. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Btw. if I google 'Centos aarch64' the links point to the altarch/7 > > > > >>> images. What is their kernel base then? In other words, where > > > should > > > > >>> one search > > > > >>> for most recent image of aarch64 images? Is there any public > > > release > > > > >>> schedule available? > > > > >>> > > > > >>> About sig-altarch tree, I'd need to make sure internally. From > > > your > > > > >>> perspective, would it be recommended? > > > > >>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>>> Despite many attempts I wasn't able to build entire rpm > > > package with > > > > >>>>>> the mock build utility, however I managed to test the clean > > > kernel > > > > >>>>>> v4.11 with applied all patches and built with updated > > > .config. Please > > > > >>>>>> let know if this patch is sufficient and can be merged. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> I'm guessing no unless it patches/builds against 4.14 as > > > well. I'll see > > > > >>>> about updating the sig-altarch tree so that we can test there. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> For sure I need to send updated patch list for v4.14. Please > > > see my > > > > >>> question above. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Thanks, > > > > >>> Marcin > > > > > > > > > > > > You can send me the individual patches directly. Make sure they apply > > > > against the latest kernel-alt: > > > > > > > > https://git.centos.org/summary/rpms!kernel-alt.git > > > <https://git.centos.org/summary/rpms%21kernel-alt.git> > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Johnny Hughes > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Arm-dev mailing list > > Arm-dev at centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/arm-dev