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Hi All,

Here is the alpha5 of kernel 7.0 for X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs).

Download and further information: github.com



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

Kernel 7.0-alpha5 test with openSUSE Tumbleweed PPC64:

Hi All,

I have released the alpha6 of kernel 7.0.

You can also test an uImage with PREEMPT support but unfortunately KVM HV doesn't work with a PREEMPT kernel.

Downloads and further information: github.com



Cheers,
Christian

New for the alpha7:

• NTFS3 Driver Sees Improvements In Linux 7.0 While "NTFS Remake" Driver Bakes -- phoronix.com
• NTFS3 updates
• MM updates (including PowerPC updates)
• USB / Thunderbolt updates
• Networking fixes
• Linux Git log
• Phoronix articles, reviews and news stories covering Linux 7.0

Hi All,

I released the alpha7 of kernel 7.0 today.

Downloads and further information: github.com

There is also a patched preempt uImage in the kernel package.

Screenshot of a kubernetes pod for cross compiling Linux PowerPC kernels (Vanilla Kubernetes, built with kubeadm init):



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

So just some feedback from me. Have been testing the alphas from a1 to a5 at present. The a1 was sluggish to begin with as expected, the rest were fine and then the a5 come full circle and was sluggish again. Aside from that the operation worked fine. But in use, such as in a terminal, on the desktop and in a web browser, the performance was slightly sluggish.

Hypex wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 3:51 pm So just some feedback from me. Have been testing the alphas from a1 to a5 at present. The a1 was sluggish to begin with as expected, the rest were fine and then the a5 come full circle and was sluggish again. Aside from that the operation worked fine. But in use, such as in a terminal, on the desktop and in a web browser, the performance was slightly sluggish.

OK, good to know. I haven't noticed any sluggishness so far.

I tested NTFS3 with the alpha7 today:

Hi All,

The merge window is over. Linus Torvalds has released the RC1 of kernel 7.0 for testing.

I compiled it for X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs) yesterday.

Download and further information: github.com

Screenshot of kubernetes pods for cross compiling and testing Linux PowerPC kernels (Vanilla Kubernetes, built with kubeadm init):



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

Hi All,

Here is the stable long-term kernel 6.12.74, created in a Kubernetes cluster.

Download and further information: github.com

Screenshot of Kubernetes pods for cross compiling and testing Linux PowerPC kernels (Vanilla Kubernetes, built with kubeadm init):



After an update of Kubernetes:



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian

Hi All,

Linus Torvalds has released the RC2 of kernel 7.0 for testing.

I have compiled it for X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs).

Download and further information: github.com

Monitoring the RC2 with a Kubernetes pod:



Testing the RC2 in a Kubernetes pod:



Please test the kernels.

Thanks,
Christian