I had to upgrade from my working 2.2.25 SMP kernel on my dual hypersparc ss20 to a 2.4.x kernel because of the recent debian unstable changes. I am now running 2.4.22 custom compiled single processor kernel. I sorely miss that extra CPU on this box.
Note in all cases I'm compiling with 2.95 gcc instead of latest-greatest 3.x because of the sparc glitches in the code that get triggered by gcc 3.x. Before, when I spent several days trying to get a 2.4 SMP kernel running on this box it always hung on the way up. Is it possible that other aspects of the system (libs?/programs?) were breaking instead of the kernel? Should I sit tight for some patchset to come down the pike in a future 2.4 or 2.6 kernel? Also, and this is very strange, 'top' stopped working in 2.4.22, though worked great in 2.2.25. I'd appreciate any clues re getting it to work again. Thanks, Heitzso
