Re: Kernel for a sparc5...
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:31:21 EST, Ben Collins writes: >You could go with a newer 2.2 kernel with no problem. You could try a >2.4 kernel, since they work pretty well on uni-proc sparc32's. hmm, I don't concur: I'm running three sun4ms (one SS4-110 and two SS5-110) and I've had oopses in the ext3 code on two of the three boxes (2.4.20 to .23) between once every two days and once a week :-(( The kernels used are stock kernel.org-issue, and I don't know the extent of fixes in the Debian kernel-source packages. Ben? regards az -- + Alexander Zangerl + DSA 42BD645D + (RSA 5B586291) cc:Mail is a wonderful application, as long as you don't want to read or send mail. -- Jan van den Broek pgpyQmnQ1uN9C.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Kernel for a sparc5...
On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 16:45, Momo wrote: > Hi boyzs > > Just have a look at http://osinvestor.com/sparc/ > > I run a 2.4.24 on a SS5 uniprocessor, it works very well > I'm about to test jumping to 2.6, maybe this sunday . I run a 22.23 kernel from osinvestor on my IPX webserver and it works great, whereas the stock Debian kernels from Woody & testing would crash every 5 days or so. Very nice to have these kernels available. Peter
Re: Kernel for a sparc5...
Had you experimented some problems with ffb_*.o drivers at /usr/src/linux.../drivers/char/drm ? Yesterday I tried to compile 2.4.24 (in stable, using egcs64) and always the process stoped compiling the kernel image at this point. I couldn't find a way to solve the problem. I decided to come back to 2.4.21 that was the last I had compiled. My machine is a ultra30. Another question: some days before, I was trying to compile a kernel in testing (gcc3.3, and so on). Using sparc32 make ARCH=sparc64 menuconfig everthing went well. But only until that. make dep, and the others in sequence don't work at all. I gave up and come back to stable. Some times what really import is that the system works, and works with confidence :^) Regards, A. L. Pacifico Momo wrote: Hi boyzs Just have a look at http://osinvestor.com/sparc/ I run a 2.4.24 on a SS5 uniprocessor, it works very well I'm about to test jumping to 2.6, maybe this sunday . Have a nice day Momo On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 04:24:52PM +0100, Marco Gaiarin wrote: I've a ss5 uniprocessor that happily runs: neo:~# uname -a Linux neo 2.2.21 #1 Wed Jul 24 14:42:52 CEST 2002 sparc unknown from years. ;) If i want to upgrade the kernel, it is better i go to latest 2.2, 2.4 or 2.6?! This is my mail/dhcp/dns/... production kernel, so i don't want speed or some exotic feature, only a kernel that run. ;) I'd say stick with what works :) You could go with a newer 2.2 kernel with no problem. You could try a 2.4 kernel, since they work pretty well on uni-proc sparc32's. I can't even suggest 2.6, since I've no idea how they are working. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ WatchGuard - http://www.watchguard.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- This mail was sent via DEBIAN GNU/Linux v3.0.r4 running IMP3.2 Webmail. -- Antonio Luiz Pacifico Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas do Estado de Sao Paulo S/A Agrupamento de Engenharia Termica Av. Prof. Almeida Prado, 532 - Cidade Universitaria Cep: 05508-901 Sao Paulo - SP Tel: (11) 3767-4520 Fax: (11) 3767-4784
Re: Kernel for a sparc5...
Hi boyzs Just have a look at http://osinvestor.com/sparc/ I run a 2.4.24 on a SS5 uniprocessor, it works very well I'm about to test jumping to 2.6, maybe this sunday . Have a nice day Momo > On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 04:24:52PM +0100, Marco Gaiarin wrote: > > > > I've a ss5 uniprocessor that happily runs: > > > > neo:~# uname -a > > Linux neo 2.2.21 #1 Wed Jul 24 14:42:52 CEST 2002 sparc unknown > > > > from years. ;) > > > > > > If i want to upgrade the kernel, it is better i go to latest 2.2, 2.4 > > or 2.6?! > > This is my mail/dhcp/dns/... production kernel, so i don't want speed > > or some exotic feature, only a kernel that run. ;) > > I'd say stick with what works :) > > You could go with a newer 2.2 kernel with no problem. You could try a > 2.4 kernel, since they work pretty well on uni-proc sparc32's. I can't > even suggest 2.6, since I've no idea how they are working. > > -- > Debian - http://www.debian.org/ > Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ > Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ > WatchGuard - http://www.watchguard.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- This mail was sent via DEBIAN GNU/Linux v3.0.r4 running IMP3.2 Webmail.
Re: Kernel for a sparc5...
On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 04:24:52PM +0100, Marco Gaiarin wrote: > > I've a ss5 uniprocessor that happily runs: > > neo:~# uname -a > Linux neo 2.2.21 #1 Wed Jul 24 14:42:52 CEST 2002 sparc unknown > > from years. ;) > > > If i want to upgrade the kernel, it is better i go to latest 2.2, 2.4 > or 2.6?! > This is my mail/dhcp/dns/... production kernel, so i don't want speed > or some exotic feature, only a kernel that run. ;) I'd say stick with what works :) You could go with a newer 2.2 kernel with no problem. You could try a 2.4 kernel, since they work pretty well on uni-proc sparc32's. I can't even suggest 2.6, since I've no idea how they are working. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ WatchGuard - http://www.watchguard.com/
Kernel for a sparc5...
I've a ss5 uniprocessor that happily runs: neo:~# uname -a Linux neo 2.2.21 #1 Wed Jul 24 14:42:52 CEST 2002 sparc unknown from years. ;) If i want to upgrade the kernel, it is better i go to latest 2.2, 2.4 or 2.6?! This is my mail/dhcp/dns/... production kernel, so i don't want speed or some exotic feature, only a kernel that run. ;) I'm running debian stable/woody. -- dott. Marco Gaiarin GNUPG Key ID: 240A3D66 Associazione ``La Nostra Famiglia''http://www.sv.lnf.it/ Polo FVG - Via della Bontà , 7 - 33078 - San Vito al Tagliamento (PN) gaio(at)sv.lnf.it tel +39-0434-842711fax +39-0434-842797 Linux Day 2003: Terza giornata nazionale di Linux e del Software Libero http://www.lilliput.linux.it/ld2003/linuxday.php
