David S. Miller wrote:
From: Kumba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 00:39:01 -0400
2.6.x was stable for the mosat part until 2.6.7. After that, it went downhill
for awhile. 2.6.7 is by far, extremely stable for me on my Blade 100. Rumours
are abound that 2.6.8.1 through 2.6.11 still cause lots of problems, mostly with
scsi. I have yet to actually try 2.6.12 on my Blade. Maybe a weekend project.
I think I can fix this bug if people give me some information about
the characteristics of the system afflicted by the problem. Answering
a few questions will go a long way:
1) All SMP or non-SMP?
2) Any consistency of cpu type. Ie. all UltraSPARC-II cpus?
(I think this is the most important data point to obtain)
3) All sym2 scsi controllers?
There is a bug in the UltraSPARC-II cpu, but my workaround in the
kernel may not be complete.
Thanks.
I haven't actually tried a newer 2.6.x on my Blade lately. Been fighting my
various mips machines to work right instead (the Blade100 just runs, the Octane
likes to put up a fight sometimes). If I can get around to it, I might try
2.6.12, and try patching it up with the various cocktail of patches I add in
()grsec, nmap stealth, etc..).
I did manage to wedge a sym2 scsi card into my Blade, and that works great under
2.6.7. If I get 2.6.12 working, I'll be sure to report any oddities with that
and the sym2 card. Might also test this ALi usb2 card again and see if that
works any better.
--Kumba
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