hi right... sorry they are 16meg modules ;) total is 160meg, that is 2x64+2x16
but as 2x16=32 my head just wrote 32... probably need to reboot ;) thanks emanuel On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 11:27:09 -0600 Jonathan Crockett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think your problem is that the only two sizes of DIMMs supported > on a Sparc 10 are 16 and 64 megs. > > Check out > http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Devices/Memory/MEM_Modules.html#4m_SIMM > > HTH, > Jonathan Crockett > > On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 06:14:45PM +0100, Emanuel Schmid wrote: > > Hi again > > > > I've done some more experiments: > > I have two 64meg and two 32meg modules in my ss10. > > > > If I put in only one module, 2.4.20rc2 works fine. > > > > If I put in the two 64meg modules, 2.4.20rc2 works nearly well. First > > the modules have to be in the right slots (see sun homepage). Second > > there are some moments the system sleeps for about 10 seconds. I could > > not yet determine what causes this stops besides the fact, that it is > > a memory-related problem (what a surprise ;) ) > > > > If I put in all four modules, I get where I was before - nothing > > works. > > > > Besides this I noticed some strange differences between 2.4.20rc2 and > > 2.2.21 (both smp): > > - With two 64meg modules, 2.2.21 counts about 127meg, 2.4.20rc2 counts > > about 124meg. I did not know that the kernel version does have an > > affect on the installed memory ;) > > - With 2.2.21 the dual hyperSparc at 125Mhz produces about 125bogomips > > per > > cpu, with 2.4.20rc2 it produces about 109bogomips. This decrease in > > doing > > nothing has been observed before on suse-sparc. > > If I calculate 2^100000 with bc, there is no time difference for the > > two kernels. This probably does not mean anything, I just wanted to > > see if I can prove this in an easy way. > > > > Can someone reproduce similar problems (Hartwig?)? > > Is there a sparc-kernel-mailing-list or is lkml the place for such > > problems? > > Did I something that I should not on sparc? I'm sparc-newbie... > > > > Thanks > > Emanuel > > > > > > On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 03:39:12 +0100 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hartwig Atrops) wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > Some comments. > > > > > > On Saturday 23 November 2002 02:46, you wrote: > > > > rehi > > > > > > > > > I use 2.4.18 on my SS20 (2 Ross Hypersparc 125 MHz, 196 MB). > > > > > Sometimes (not very often) the machine freezes for a while when > > > > > X is starting during the boot process (network alive at that > > > > > moment). But overall, it works fine. > > > > > > > > so cpu and openprom can't be the problem... nice to know > > > > > > > I startetd my SS20 a few minutues ago. This time it was hanging > > > again after most of the startup stuff had been done. Only X was > > > missing - network was already up. A simple ping from another machine > > > solved the problem. > > > > > > > > Hmm. I recently baught a VSIMM for the onboard high resolution > > > > > graphics. With that module installed, I have the same problem: > > > > > everything ok in the beginning, but when init starts ... > > > > > > > > > > When I remove the module and connect the monitor to the SBUS > > > > > graphics, the SS20 works fine again. And when I remove the SBUS > > > > > card and install the VSIMM, I get an SBUS error when init should > > > > > start. > > > > > > > > > > Which graphics on your SS10? Might that be a hint? > > > > > > > > there is no graphic in my SS10... serial console is enough ;) > > > > and i tried with all sbus cards removed, so they should not be the > > > > problem... > > > > on the other hand... could it be that a framebuffer solves my > > > > problem? got to try that tomorrow... > > > > > > > Hmm, I don't think so, the problem showed up as I installed the > > > second one ... > > > > > > > thanks for your answer! > > > > emanuel > > > > > > After thinking a little bit more, it seems to me that I mixed up two > > > > > > different problems - showing up at different times. The startx hang > > > occures quite seldomly, and only since I installed the second CPU > > > (with kernel recompile, smp support). The hang at init start is > > > reproducable, I only have to plug in the Video SIMM Module. > > > > > > I have to do a little bit more testing, but I have a problem: at the > > > moment, the SS20 is my main workstation at home. If I kill that > > > machine, my mail account is down 'till I have another machine up and > > > running. Therefor I stopped any experiments with the VSIMM module - > > > at least for some weeks. > > > > > > If you have any information about the problem(s), please keep me > > > informed. So will I. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Hartwig > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Jonathan Crockett > Network Engineer > Midcontinent Communications >
