Re: What was last kernel that booted on hardware XY? database was Re: [BUG] x86 : i486 reporting to be vulnerable to Meltdown/Spectre_V1/Spectre_V2A

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > BTW... I'd really like to have a database of machine, kernel version,
> > cpuinfo, config... So that questions like "what is the latest kernel
> > that is known to be running on this hardware" and "what config should
> > I start from".
> >
> > For example, I have nokia N810 here. It was supported by Linux at some
> > point, but then we moved to dts, and stuff changed, and I can no
> > longer figure how to boot it.
> >
> > I guess "what was last kernel that worked on Cyrix MII" is also
> > relevant question.
> >
> > Is there such database? If not, would people be interested in
> > contributing if I create one?
> >
> 
> I am interested and will help. I have i486/i586/Pentium Pro/Pentium
> II/Pentium II Xeon/Pentium 4 systems to test on. Oddly, I don't yet
> have Pentium III systems.
> 
> I think an associated goal would be to fix those broken versions.
> 
> I think this is a great project for college students to get experience
> with. Who else is interested?

Ok, I started something:

https://github.com/pavelmachek/missy

I try to test -rc1 and final versions on thinkpads X60 and X220. (I'd
like to do testing of even -next from time to time.) I do have T40p
and test maybe every other version on that one. I test Nokia N900
quite often (including next), and plan to test N9/N950 too.

Of course, more "exotic" hardware would be welcome. I did have linux
on sun4/330, unfortunately I don't think I have access to that any
more.

Best regards,
									Pavel
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