[LEDE-DEV] ar7 (TI AR7): update to kernel 4.4, please test

[Hauke Mehrtens]

On 09/20/2016 10:57 PM, Mohammed Berdai wrote:
> On 09/18/2016 04:18 PM, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I updated the ar7 target to kernel 4.4 in this branch:
>> https://git.lede-project.org/?p=lede/hauke/staging.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/kernel-4.4
>>
>> If you have any device supported by this target please test it and
>> report back if the ar7 target is still working with kernel 4.4 like
>> with the old kernel or if you see new problems. Please report back if it
>> worked and if it does not work. I only compile tested this because I do
>> not have this hardware.
>>
>> Having the target at kennel 4.4 is a requirement to get it into the next
>> release.
>>
>> Hauke
>>
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I tested your git rep before kernel 4.4 commit and after it.
> 
> I have Dlink DSL-624 and DSL-524. They have identical hardware. The former has a Wifi card.
> 
> I have already tested John's (blogic)) repo when he tried to port AR7 to 4.4 and reported back.
> 
> These are the results:
> 
> before 4.4 commit (kernel 3.18.29):
>  * Ethernet ports work (ping works)
>  * via UART, boot msgs appear almost normal except two/three lines
>  * also via UART, greeting msg and results of commands appear scrambled however,
>    late msgs from boot like   random: nonblocking pool is initialized  still appear normal
> 
> 
> after 4.4 commit:
>  * no response from pinging at 192.168.1.1. In some rare cases I get only one response during early boot.
>  * large portion of boot msgs get omitted after 10 seconds
>  * no results are shown when issuing commands via UART.
> 
> 
> These issues happened exactly the same as John's attempt to port 4.4 two months ago
Hi Mohammed,

Thank you for the information. Have you every tried kernel 4.1 in LEDE?
To know if kernel 4.1 also has these problems would help to narrow the
problems down.

Hauke