I thrashed the 2.4.x smp kernels again most of the day yesterday, trying to stick close to 2.4.21 version since it was reported to be fairly stable. Always something trashed on the way up. Close perhaps, but never all the way up.
I dropped back to 2.2.25 (latest in 2.2.x series) compiled with gcc 2.95 and it booted SMP first time like a champ. What a relief. Time to relearn ipchains I suppose. I wonder if a gentoo compile-from-scratch with hypersparc optimizations would help the 2.4 series? I'm guessing not, but don't know. Also, on the way up into SMP 2.2.25, several "unimplemented sparc system call" error messages popped up on the console. The unimplemented sparc calls were 32, 53, 69, and 89. Should I be worried? (said nervously ...) Heitzso