--- Cheers, Heinz Nikolaus Gies [email protected]
> On Nov 24, 2014, at 16:22, Keith Wesolowski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 04:09:20PM +0100, Heinz Nikolaus Gies wrote: > >> I would like to point out that the suggested systems might not be a good >> choice to use at the moment, all of them run on SuperMicro X9* boards who >> are affected by this: https://github.com/joyent/smartos-live/issues/336 >> <https://github.com/joyent/smartos-live/issues/336> which in the bottom line >> means newer SmartOS (after ~201405) have have serious issues[1] when booed >> per USB (not sure about PXE, but DVD is not affected) unless some bios >> setting is turned off. >> >> >> >> [1] As in random stuff failing because the parts of the ramdisk get >> overwritten mid run. which is close to impossible to track down unless you >> know about it == a support nightmare. > > You're referring to RICHMOND-16, which does not affect SDC (nor SmartOS, > as far as the kernel is concerned). We have specifically implemented a > workaround for this in our GRUB as well as in the kernel. We use these > machines ourselves, thousands of them. Trust me, the workaround works. > It's also believed that the bug cannot even be induced if you use the > firmware settings listed in our specifications. It affects anyone who use the USB image provided on smartos.org <http://smartos.org/> and a ‘out of the box’(as in no bios settings change X9 board), if it’s the kernel, or the boot loader, or whatever else is just semantics. But the end result is the same if someone buys that system, downloads the usbimage, follows the documentation, they’re in a world of hurt with crazy symptoms that and no documentation other then a issue on github somewhere. And yes I know the workaround works, I’ve been through the procedure and doubted my sanity for a week in the meantime. > If someone wants to do the work to upgrade the GRUB in the SmartOS > template images to the one we use in SDC, that would be great -- and > would make the workaround available in SmartOS as well as SDC. It’s all good and fine that it works on SDC, most people I’d imagine however use the SmartOS images and when following the suggestion blindly might end up getting a pretty horrible experience. When Understand the comments on the issue correctly, a patch exists since June 2012 (https://github.com/joyent/smartos-live/commit/579a0cce5a44006146af792ffd8db78cdaf56d1c <https://github.com/joyent/smartos-live/commit/579a0cce5a44006146af792ffd8db78cdaf56d1c>). > > The systems listed are the best choice. Under the above described circumstances I disagree. ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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