Re: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370

2003-01-16 Thread Nicolas Kowalski
Peter Wemm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a brutal workaround (use a single 8254 clock and simulate the RTC > clock), but it breaks some things (eg: high res profiling). I really dont > like it, and I'm working on a different possibility as well (keep the 8259 > PIC alive and use it in ExtI

RE: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370

2003-01-15 Thread Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)
Cagle, John (ISS-Houston); [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370 > > > John Baldwin wrote: > > > > On 15-Jan-2003 Cagle, John (ISS-Houston) wrote: > > > That's a vicious rumor -- no operating system could work without >

Re: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370

2003-01-15 Thread Peter Wemm
> > >> -Original Message- > >> From: John Baldwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:55 AM > >> To: Nicolas Kowalski > >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Re: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant

RE: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370

2003-01-15 Thread John Baldwin
s Kowalski >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370 >> >> >> >> On 15-Jan-2003 Nicolas Kowalski wrote: >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> > >> >> I had a Compaq visit my lab recently. Unles

Re: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370

2003-01-15 Thread Nicolas Kowalski
"Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's a vicious rumor -- no operating system could work without clock > interrupts in SMP mode... Could it? > > Which generation of the ML370 is having this problem? I had a similar > problem on another box that was corrected with a newe

RE: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370

2003-01-15 Thread Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)
Message- > From: John Baldwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:55 AM > To: Nicolas Kowalski > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370 > > > > On 15-Jan-2003 Nicolas Kowalski wrote: > > [EMAIL PR

Re: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370

2003-01-15 Thread Nicolas Kowalski
John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > Is the ML370 a new box? I've heard rumors recently that one of the > recent Compaq boxes effectively doesn't generate clock interrupts > in SMP mode and there isn't a workaround for that at the moment. Yes. I received it last Friday. I think the

Re: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370

2003-01-15 Thread John Baldwin
On 15-Jan-2003 Nicolas Kowalski wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> I had a Compaq visit my lab recently. Unless the aic driver were >> removed from the kernel (disabling it might have worked too) it >> would screw up the floppy driver. >> >> This sounds like black magic, but the explanation

Re: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370

2003-01-15 Thread Nicolas Kowalski
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I had a Compaq visit my lab recently. Unless the aic driver were > removed from the kernel (disabling it might have worked too) it > would screw up the floppy driver. > > This sounds like black magic, but the explanation is that the aic > driver has a very intrusive pr

Re: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370

2003-01-15 Thread phk
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nicolas Kowalski writes: >Fritz Heinrichmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 11:09:09AM +0100, Nicolas Kowalski wrote: >>> The server is configured for Unixware7, as told in the archives. >> >> our Compaq worked when configured for linux > >

Re: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370

2003-01-15 Thread Nicolas Kowalski
Fritz Heinrichmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 11:09:09AM +0100, Nicolas Kowalski wrote: >> The server is configured for Unixware7, as told in the archives. > > our Compaq worked when configured for linux Nope :-(. I just tried this option, and the server still hangs

Re: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370

2003-01-15 Thread Fritz Heinrichmeyer
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 11:09:09AM +0100, Nicolas Kowalski wrote: > The server is configured for Unixware7, as told in the archives. our Compaq worked when configured for linux -- Fritz Heinrichmeyer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] FernUniversitaet Hagen, LG ES, 58084 Hagen (Germany) To Unsubscribe: s