> > > So until this is fixed, the ldom would be of no use as a build machine? > > Without the kernel fix the system just won't run stable. > > The bug in binutils is not that dramatic: the default linker is bfd, > which works just fine. > Only builds of the programs that are explicitly configured to use the > gold linker are broken. > And I think udev is the only one which is necessary for the minimal > install. > > Artyom > > Sounds fair enough. In any case, I have a running installation which I can add more cores/memory to whenever it would be usable. So just let me know.
-kp root@T1000-debian7:~# free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 1993 477 1516 0 94 286 -/+ buffers/cache: 96 1897 Swap: 486 0 486 root@T1000-debian7:~# uname -a Linux T1000-debian7 3.2.0-4-sparc64-smp #1 SMP Debian 3.2.68-1+deb7u2 sparc64 GNU/Linux root@T1000-debian7:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo cpu : UltraSparc T2 (Niagara2) fpu : UltraSparc T2 integrated FPU pmu : niagara2 prom : OBP 4.33.6.f 2014/07/10 10:24 type : sun4v ncpus probed : 8 ncpus active : 8 D$ parity tl1 : 0 I$ parity tl1 : 0 cpucaps : flush,stbar,swap,muldiv,v9,blkinit,n2,mul32,div32,v8plus,popc,vis,vis2,ASIBlkInit Cpu0ClkTck : 000000005458d748 Cpu1ClkTck : 000000005458d748 Cpu2ClkTck : 000000005458d748 Cpu3ClkTck : 000000005458d748 Cpu4ClkTck : 000000005458d748 Cpu5ClkTck : 000000005458d748 Cpu6ClkTck : 000000005458d748 Cpu7ClkTck : 000000005458d748 MMU Type : Hypervisor (sun4v) State: CPU0: online CPU1: online CPU2: online CPU3: online CPU4: online CPU5: online CPU6: online CPU7: online root@T1000-debian7:~# uptime 13:37:52 up 7 days, 4:57, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05