[powerstation-owners] New experimental Firmware

[Stefan Nürnberger]

Adrian Reber wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:57:27AM +0100, Stefan Nürnberger wrote:
>> I just flashed my PowerStation to the new experimental firmware. System 
>> boots fine. The Alignment Exception bug is gone. My USB and Firewire 
>> adapter is recognized and works fine with linux.
>>
>> (minor) issues:
>> - with the new firmware two of the built in usb ports don't work. One on 
>> the front and one on the back.
> 
> Did you do a complete disconnect from the power? And even then it is not
> working? Do you see the problems with the firmware as well as with Linux
> or only with the firmware?
I did a complete disconnect from power in order to install the usb 
adapter. Maybe I was too fast. I did it again (because this issue was 
discussed here lately) and all the usb ports are operational again. So 
this is not related to the new firmware version.

However, I observe complete machine lockups when trying to use an 
external usb 2.0 hdd. Looks like kernel panic but I don't get any error 
messages at the console. I believe this is kernel related. I am using 
kernel 2.6.27.4 right now. Will try 2.6.27.7 later. But I believe I 
should also try a proven stable one. Which kernel version is considered 
really stable on ppc64?

> 
>> - The version is just called "HEAD" and is a private build by adrian.
> 
> Yeah, that is why it is an experimental version ;-)
I was almost sure about this ;)

Stefan