Re: debian hppa

[John David Anglin <dave.anglin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Thibaut,

On 13-Jun-11, at 6:19 PM, Thibaut VARENE wrote:

> > I would say your other machines need updating even if the process is
> > somewhat rocky as that's the only way a broadbased release can be  
> > tested.
>
> Well I can assign one machine (the a500, being easy to reboot/fix as
> it is) to testing kernels, but for a stable kernel suitable for the
> machines I'm e.g. assigning to the GCC Compile Farm[0], what would be
> a good SMP kernel version to choose? I'm looking for the same level of
> hassle-freeness as 2.6.22.19 since these machines are under relatively
> heavy load and I cannot afford to tend to their care on a daily basis
> ;-)

Sorry for the delay in responding.  I think assigning the a500 to the  
GCC farm
provides good visibility.  For GCC, the kernel version doesn't matter  
much.  The
main issue is stability.

I was wondering if the rp3440 in the ESIEE might be assigned to  
running debian
buildd.  I believe that the current set of known kernel patches will  
make this
machine reasonably stable under medium load.  Carlos recently found a  
big
bug in the kernel futex code.  In any case, I recently successfully  
built many
unstable packages on my rp3440.

I would be willing to help getting this going.

Dave

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