On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 18:43 +0000, Markus Dahms wrote: > Hi all, > > Adrian von Bidder wrote: > > Chris Andrew: > >> I know that discussion is on-going regarding the future of 32-bit > >> sparc. > > AFAICT the discussion is not ongoing. It just repeats itself every few > > weeks, and nothing changes: There is no kernel support for sparc32 > > anymore in Linux. > > excuse me, but what exactly is the problem with the sparc32 kernel? I > (cross-)compiled a current git version (2.6.23-rc4+e) and stress tested > it a little on my SparcStation 5. I got the load average up to 16+, got > the oom-killer to kill some processes (no wonder when allocation 8 x 256M > on a box with 128M physical + 170M swap), but the machine still works as > expected (ok, uptime is now only 5:38h, but it's a start). > Userland is Debian Etch.
Judging by what I remember of the past discussion (check the archives), the problems are more with SMP boxen and the hyperSPARC processors. That said, IIRC, there was a problem with pipes even on UP machines. HTH Cheers, - Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
