Re: Next release of AlphaCore? JUST DO IT

[Sergey Tikhonov <tsv@xxxxxxxx>]

Michael Kronsteiner wrote:

> I can only ACK this, as the reddhat kernels are usually highly patched
> (2.6.9-1.667 where everything after 2.6.9 is a redhat thing... hmmmm...
> 2.6.9 is ok but build (? or patchlevel) 1667 is a little much...
>
> btw this is from fc3 on an wintel, but even patchlevel 1.667 seems high even
> if rh is contributing to the kernel...
>
>
> brgds
>
> Mike
>
>  
>
> > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> > Von: Alan Young <ayoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > An: Linux on Alpha processors <axp-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Betreff: Re: Next release of AlphaCore? JUST DO IT
> > Datum: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:31:57 -0700
> >
> > Sergey Tikhonov wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > Simon Tierney wrote:
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > > I have DEC 7305 with SMP and RedHat7.2 on it and I have been waiting 
> > > > for an
> > > > Alphacore distribution with SMP working reliably.  I can test a new
> > > > installation ISO.   When Alphacore2 is ready please post a link.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > Well, you should check AC1 then. Like I said in my e-mail - AC2 doesn't 
> > > have working SMP kernel. :(
> > > As far I know - SMP kernel crashes on early boot stages, so remote 
> > > debugging might be impossible
> > > (I am not an expert here). The kernel version in AC2 is 
> > > 2.6.12-1.1447_FC4axp. If someone is
> > > running SMP kernel version higher than 2.6.11 please post here (the 
> > > vanilla kernel seems to be broken
> > > too).
> > >
> > > You could download small iso image and check if it could be bootable on 
> > > your machine:
> > >
> > >      
> ftp://ftp.rdsor.ro/pub/Linux/Distributions/AlphaLinux/core/2.0/test/ac2-qboot2.iso
>
>  
>
> > > This is boot iso without install packages, but goot enough to boot into 
> > > "resque" mode.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Sergey.
> > > tsv@xxxxxxxx
> > >      
> > I generally have had better luck with the generic kernels vs. the RH
> > ones.  I have a SMP DP264 that was running on generic 2.6.12.2 and
> > I just moved it up to 2.6.15.4.  I'll download the test iso and give
> > it a boot to see what happens.
> >
> > Alan
> >
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> >    
>
>  
Thank you. Good to know. So, we have good chance to fix it. If it is 
known that some higher kernel versions
work - we could fix our kernel too.
We stick with this version only because other clustering modules require 
it (I have two Alphas and one AMD64
running in the same useless cluster :) ).

Regards,
Sergey.
tsv@xxxxxxxx