Re: Follow up on smp kernel for V210/V240

[Brian Noonan]

Hi Adrian,
I am currently running the kernel you  sent the link through.

http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-ports/20190719T183113Z/pool-sparc64/main/l/linux/linux-image-4.19.0-5-sparc64-smp_4.19.37-6_sparc64.deb

This has run perfectly stably with no crashes.

Next step will be to try and run  6.x.


Regards
Brian


On Sun, 2023-05-07 at 10:41 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Hi Brian!
> 
> On Sun, 2023-05-07 at 07:25 +, Brian Noonan wrote:
> > We chatted some weeks ago about upgrading my V210 to a second cpu
> > and
> > using the downgraded smp kernel you sent a link to. 
> > Well, I had a bit of a disaster initially. The second cpu I
> > installed
> > initially was faulty. (I must have had it as a spare part for 15
> > years)
> > and it burnt the cpu and socket. *doh*. Anyway, I swapped out the
> > motherboard
> > for one from a Netra V240 I had around and stuck in another spare
> > cpu I had.
> > This is all working now. Unbalanced ram does seem to work too. I
> > have 3.5gb
> > installed currently. The only minor issue to resolve now is i have
> > a fan
> > failure on one cpu heatsink but a replacement fan should be easy to
> > find.
> > Then I want some more ram (I will take this to 16Gb) and get an
> > xvr-100 to
> > get a desktop so I can hook this up to my kvm.
> > 
> > So, some issues along the way but all working now. I am currently
> > managing
> > this system via cockpit since I don't think I can get webmin
> > working.
> 
> Sounds very good. Which kernel version are you running now? And is it
> a custom
> kernel or Debian's stock kernel? And do you see any applications
> crashing when
> using a recent 6.x kernel?
> 
> Adrian
> 

Re: Follow up on smp kernel for V210/V240

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz]

Hi Brian!

On Sun, 2023-05-07 at 07:25 +, Brian Noonan wrote:
> We chatted some weeks ago about upgrading my V210 to a second cpu and
> using the downgraded smp kernel you sent a link to. 
> Well, I had a bit of a disaster initially. The second cpu I installed
> initially was faulty. (I must have had it as a spare part for 15 years)
> and it burnt the cpu and socket. *doh*. Anyway, I swapped out the motherboard
> for one from a Netra V240 I had around and stuck in another spare cpu I had.
> This is all working now. Unbalanced ram does seem to work too. I have 3.5gb
> installed currently. The only minor issue to resolve now is i have a fan
> failure on one cpu heatsink but a replacement fan should be easy to find.
> Then I want some more ram (I will take this to 16Gb) and get an xvr-100 to
> get a desktop so I can hook this up to my kvm.
> 
> So, some issues along the way but all working now. I am currently managing
> this system via cockpit since I don't think I can get webmin working.

Sounds very good. Which kernel version are you running now? And is it a custom
kernel or Debian's stock kernel? And do you see any applications crashing when
using a recent 6.x kernel?

Adrian

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Follow up on smp kernel for V210/V240

[Brian Noonan]

Hi Adrian,
We chatted some weeks ago about upgrading my V210 to a second cpu and using the 
downgraded smp kernel you sent a link to.
Well, I had a bit of a disaster initially. The second cpu I installed  
initially was faulty. (I must have had it as a spare part for 15 years) and it 
burnt the cpu and socket. *doh*. Anyway, I swapped out the motherboard for one 
from a Netra V240 I had around and stuck in another spare cpu I had. This is 
all working now. Unbalanced ram does seem to work too. I have 3.5gb installed 
currently. The only minor issue to resolve now is i have a fan failure on one 
cpu heatsink but a replacement fan should be easy to find. Then I want some 
more ram (I will take this to 16Gb) and get an xvr-100 to get a desktop so I 
can hook this up to my kvm.

So, some issues along the way but all working now. I am currently managing this 
system via cockpit since I don't think I can get webmin working.

Thanks for your help!
Brian

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