> > 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 >
Hmmm, I've got a DS20, and I can compile a working single CPU kernel with GCC 2.95.2. However, as soon as I compile an SMP kernel, it dies very early on in the boot process. I've tried all the 2.4.x kernels. Can you post your config file? Thanks, Edgar.
