Re: 64GB option broken in 2.4.2

2001-02-26 Thread Rico Tudor
Problem is not fixed with your patch. Debugging packet is http://patrec.com./rico/vger/diag002.tar.bz2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htm

Re: 64GB option broken in 2.4.2

2001-02-26 Thread Andrea Arcangeli
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 02:44:03AM -0600, Rico Tudor wrote: > > Hypthesis#2 The bounce buffer code in the Linus tree is known to be > > imperfect. Does 2.4.2ac3 do the same ? > > > No improvement. (In fact, 2.4.2ac3 breaks 3ware IDE RAID support.) The highmem changes in 2.4.2ac3 has a couple of

Re: 64GB option broken in 2.4.2

2001-02-26 Thread Alan Cox
> No improvement. (In fact, 2.4.2ac3 breaks 3ware IDE RAID support.) Curiouser and curiouser. The 3ware does have some known problems but you'd see those equally on any SMP 1Ggig/4Gig/64Gig. > While operating this Thunder 2500 (Tyan motherboard, ServerWorks chipset) > is like walking on a minef

Re: 64GB option broken in 2.4.2

2001-02-26 Thread Rico Tudor
> Hypthesis#2 The bounce buffer code in the Linus tree is known to be > imperfect. Does 2.4.2ac3 do the same ? > No improvement. (In fact, 2.4.2ac3 breaks 3ware IDE RAID support.) While operating this Thunder 2500 (Tyan motherboard, ServerWorks chipset) is like walking on a minefield, the probl

Re: 64GB option broken in 2.4.2

2001-02-25 Thread Alan Cox
> Hypothesis: > Code to handle PAE has buggy spinlock management. Hypthesis#2 The bounce buffer code in the Linus tree is known to be imperfect. Does 2.4.2ac3 do the same ? Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PR

64GB option broken in 2.4.2

2001-02-25 Thread Rico Tudor
Subject: 64GB option broken in 2.4.2 Problem: The 64GB option causes processes to spin in the kernel. Setup: Linux 2.4.2 Slack current 20-feb-2001 ServerWorks III HE 4GB main memory dual 933 Piii: SL47Q (stepping 3), SL4KK (stepping 6) gcc