When you compiled 2.2.19pre13 did you include RTC (Real Time Clock ) Support? If so, either get the rtc-lite patches or turn it off.
The RTC Lite patches can be found on the kernel mirrors, under linux/kernel/people/andrea --rdp On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Christopher S. Swingley wrote: > Hi! > > I recently got a new dual processor Compaq DS20E, and am trying > to get Debian running. I've gotten virtually everything working, > but I'm having trouble with SMP. I tried compiling 2.4.2 and 2.4.3pre3 > (GENERIC processor) and both of these kernels panic on boot. Next, > I compiled 2.2.19pre13 (from a Debian source package) with SMP support. > It seems to compile in, and it sees both processors: > > $ uname -a > Linux tonka 2.2.19pre13 #1 SMP Fri Mar 9 07:02:02 AKST 2001 \ > alpha unknown > > $ cat /proc/cpuinfo > cpu : Alpha > cpu model : EV67 > cpu variation : 7 > cpu revision : 0 > cpu serial number : > system type : Tsunami > system variation : Catamaran > system revision : 0 > cycle frequency [Hz] : 666666666 > timer frequency [Hz] : 1024.00 > page size [bytes] : 8192 > phys. address bits : 44 > max. addr. space # : 255 > BogoMIPS : 1325.40 > kernel unaligned acc : 0 (pc=0,va=0) > user unaligned acc : 0 (pc=0,va=0) > platform string : COMPAQ AlphaServer DS20E 666 MHz > cpus detected : 2 > CPUs probed 2 active 2 map 0x3 IPIs 985 > > But the data in /proc/stat seems pretty bizzare (CPU1 is doing something, > but it's not user, system or nice CPU time?): > > $ cat /proc/stat > cpu 15209 0 3468 288257 > cpu0 15209 0 3468 134790 > cpu1 0 0 0 153467 > > When I compile a kernel with 'MAKE=make' it takes a wall clock time > of 5m3.822s and user time of 2m16.566s. With 'MAKE=make -j3' it's > wall clock time is 2m58.493s and user time is 2m17.061s. > > So, the kernel seems to be using both processors (a kernel compile > can take almost half as long), but the information the kernel provides > seems to be wrong. 'top' also shows strange behavior, probably because > it's trying to get information from /proc. I've got the latest version > of procps, which is supposed to support multiple CPU's: > > $ dpkg --list procps > ii procps 2.0.7-3 The /proc file system utilities > > Is this what I should be seeing? > > Any idea on what's wrong with the 2.4 kernels, or if a solution to > the panic is imminant? > > Thanks! > > Chris > -- Rich Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.alphalinux.org
