Hi all, this sounds like (Hardware-)initialisation Problems on Hypersparcs in SMP-Mode or Bugs in arch depended SMP-Kernel-Code on Kernel 2.4.x.
Thorsten, do you use your 125MHz HyperSparc's as SMP-Engines? If not, i will try to check this Kernel on my ss10 with only 1 CPU. Thank you Rolf > -----Original Message----- > From: Thorsten Kukuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 9:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] New kernel for testing > > > On Fri, Sep 27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi, > > at my ss10 (sun4m, 2 x RT626/142MHz/1MCache, 128MB) the new precompiled > > Kernel do _not_ boot. > > It stops after the first 5 or 6 Lines (init Mem) with Interrupt 15 and > > return to siloprompt. > > started twice, he hang and a cold boot is nesessary. > > > > IMHO it looks like the old Problem on booting by using a newer > gcc instead > > of egcs > > If your machine needs a egcs compiled kernel, you have to stuck with > kernel 2.2.18 (I don't know why, but this is the last 2.2 kernel which > works stable for me on SPARC, later one don't do so). > egcs is not able to compile a working 2.4.19+ kernel for sparc32. > Currently, the only compiler which works for me is gcc 2.95.3. > > But I have running the kernel now on 7 32bit SPARCs (all I currently > have) without any problems. All machines are building RPMs the whole > day, so they have really something to do. > > > but a bug / incompatibility in HyperSparc-CPU's or anything else are > > possible too. > > I only have 125MHz HyperSparc CPUs, but this stable since one week with > this kernel. > > > I think, Sparcs using spezial Startupcode to "align" > Codesegemts in propper > > Memory, > > is this Code checked and proof? > > I don't think that anybody is working in this area. > > Thorsten > > -- > Thorsten Kukuk http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SuSE Linux AG Deutschherrnstr. 15-19 D-90429 Nuernberg > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Key fingerprint = A368 676B 5E1B 3E46 CFCE 2D97 F8FD 4E23 56C6 FB4B > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
