Serial Console and plam (was: Where are you going with 2.4.x?)

2001-02-13 Thread ehrhardt
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 05:32:39PM +0100, I wrote: > I wrote a little palm app some time ago that can capture serial > console output. If anyone is interested I'll build a tar ball with > sources and binary. It is now availiable at http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/~ehrhardt/serial/ Sorry for

Serial Console and plam (was: Where are you going with 2.4.x?)

2001-02-13 Thread ehrhardt
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 05:32:39PM +0100, I wrote: I wrote a little palm app some time ago that can capture serial console output. If anyone is interested I'll build a tar ball with sources and binary. It is now availiable at http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/~ehrhardt/serial/ Sorry for the

Re: Where are you going with 2.4.x?

2001-02-12 Thread Christian Ehrhardt
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 07:13:29PM +0100, David Weinehall wrote: > Considering this is an enterprise-server, you should have a serial-console > to it; this will allow you to log all error-messages. Alternatively > (not as nice, though), is to connect a printer to the parallel-port and > use the

Re: Where are you going with 2.4.x?

2001-02-12 Thread Christian Ehrhardt
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 07:13:29PM +0100, David Weinehall wrote: Considering this is an enterprise-server, you should have a serial-console to it; this will allow you to log all error-messages. Alternatively (not as nice, though), is to connect a printer to the parallel-port and use the

Re: Re[2]: Where are you going with 2.4.x?

2001-02-11 Thread Alan Cox
> Alan> driver. Also did you build the DAC960 support with gcc 2.96-x x<74 ? > My system compiler is: >gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release) > Shoud I upgrade it to gcc 2.95.x or 2.96.x? No that one is fine. I have a known problem with DAC960 and cvs gcc or gcc 2.96.x

Re: Where are you going with 2.4.x?

2001-02-11 Thread David Weinehall
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 08:01:48PM +0200, Andriy Korud wrote: > Alan> What is the oops data before the kernel panic. I need that to debug the > Alan> driver. Also did you build the DAC960 support with gcc 2.96-x x<74 ? > My system compiler is: >gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux

Re[2]: Where are you going with 2.4.x?

2001-02-11 Thread Andriy Korud
Alan> What is the oops data before the kernel panic. I need that to debug the Alan> driver. Also did you build the DAC960 support with gcc 2.96-x x<74 ? My system compiler is: gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release) Shoud I upgrade it to gcc 2.95.x or 2.96.x? And since my

Re: Where are you going with 2.4.x?

2001-02-11 Thread Alan Cox
> I've installed 2.4.x there. Just immedualtely I've noticed performance > improve, responce time improve. That is good news > BUT: All kernels prior to 2.1.4-ac8 hangs during first few hours of > work on heavy disk (Mylex) activity. Ok Im glad to know we have made some progress there >

Where are you going with 2.4.x?

2001-02-11 Thread Andriy Korud
Hello all, I'd like to post here me experience of using new Linux kernels both at home and on enterprise server. At home I'm using new branch since 2.3.x - it works really fine for home work, multimedia, etc. Nice work, thanks. But on our enterprise server It's something awful. Server hardware

Where are you going with 2.4.x?

2001-02-11 Thread Andriy Korud
Hello all, I'd like to post here me experience of using new Linux kernels both at home and on enterprise server. At home I'm using new branch since 2.3.x - it works really fine for home work, multimedia, etc. Nice work, thanks. But on our enterprise server It's something awful. Server hardware

Re: Where are you going with 2.4.x?

2001-02-11 Thread Alan Cox
I've installed 2.4.x there. Just immedualtely I've noticed performance improve, responce time improve. That is good news BUT: All kernels prior to 2.1.4-ac8 hangs during first few hours of work on heavy disk (Mylex) activity. Ok Im glad to know we have made some progress there 2.1.4-ac8

Re[2]: Where are you going with 2.4.x?

2001-02-11 Thread Andriy Korud
Alan What is the oops data before the kernel panic. I need that to debug the Alan driver. Also did you build the DAC960 support with gcc 2.96-x x74 ? My system compiler is: gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release) Shoud I upgrade it to gcc 2.95.x or 2.96.x? And since my

Re: Where are you going with 2.4.x?

2001-02-11 Thread David Weinehall
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 08:01:48PM +0200, Andriy Korud wrote: Alan What is the oops data before the kernel panic. I need that to debug the Alan driver. Also did you build the DAC960 support with gcc 2.96-x x74 ? My system compiler is: gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2

Re: Re[2]: Where are you going with 2.4.x?

2001-02-11 Thread Alan Cox
Alan driver. Also did you build the DAC960 support with gcc 2.96-x x74 ? My system compiler is: gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release) Shoud I upgrade it to gcc 2.95.x or 2.96.x? No that one is fine. I have a known problem with DAC960 and cvs gcc or gcc 2.96.x x74