Hi,
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 09:18:13AM -0900, Christopher S. Swingley wrote: > > > > Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that it's safe to put SMP into the > > 2.4 kernels, at least not on alpha. . . >[ Jay A Estabrook replied ] > Does your SMP kernel not boot, or does it go bad after running a while? > > I've been running a pair of DS20s with stock 2.4.1 built with EGCS 1.1.2 > with no problems to speak of, either GENERIC or DP264. > > Others on this list have had quite a few problems trying to generate a > working kernel using GCC 2.95.2. I do not know if later 2.95.x solve the > problem, but believe there may be a recent thread on this list that sheds > light on the subject. I've gone through 2.4.0, 2.4.1 and now run 2.4.2 on an UP2000, which is ( from the kernel perspective ) a DS20/20E. I have never encountered any problems with these kernels in my setup, except those being fixed in subsequent releases. As a base installation, i run Debian 2.2.0 with some upgrades towards 2.2.2. However, it is *strongly* recommended following the necessary upgrades to system-level packages as in ~kernelsrc/Documentation/Changes. Read them carefully and upgrade the packages in question. They are not available in any .deb format yet ( not even in woody AFAIK ), so compiling them yourself is recommended. I do compile my kernels with GCC 2.95.2, however, i use a very conservative approach to the kernel config. IMHO, kernel 2.4.x is definitely a plus on SMP Alphas, so you might want to get that running. In order to give any assistance, some more info is needed: 1. Does the crashing kernel leave any logs ? ( see /var/log/messages ) 2. How does your .config look like ? If you like, forward this data and I'll look at it. 2.4.2 *really* should run on the DS20E with some effort. Regards, Thomas -- Thomas Weyergraf [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Favorite IA64 Opcode-guess ( see arch/ia64/lib/memset.S ) "br.ret.spnt.few" - got back from getting beer, did not spend a lot.
