From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id fAQF83c06913 for linux-mips-outgoing; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 07:08:03 -0800 Received: from pandora.research.kpn.com (IDENT:root@pandora.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.11]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id fAQF7uo06909 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 07:07:56 -0800 Received: from sparta.research.kpn.com (sparta.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.6]) by pandora.research.kpn.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA23894; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 15:07:54 +0100 Received: from sparta.research.kpn.com (sparta.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.6]) by sparta.research.kpn.com (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA11348; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 15:07:54 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <200111261407.PAA11348@sparta.research.kpn.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.5 12/11/95 To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" cc: "Houten K.H.C. van (Karel)" , linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: FPU interrupt handler In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 26 Nov 2001 14:50:13 +0100." Reply-to: vhouten@kpn.com X-Face: ";:TzQQC{mTp~$W,'m4@Lu1Lu$rtG_~5kvYO~F:C'KExk9o1X"iRz[0%{bq?6Aj#>VhSD?v 1W9`.Qsf+P&*iQEL8&y,RDj&U.]!(R-?c-h5h%Iw%r$|%6+Jc>GTJe!_1&A0o'lC[`I#={2BzOXT1P q366I$WL=;[+SDo1RoIT+a}_y68Y:jQ^xp4=*4-ryiymi>hy Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 15:07:54 +0100 From: "Houten K.H.C. van (Karel)" Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Hi Maciej, > Hmm, for R3k gcc 2.95.3 + binutils 2.11.2 as available at my site seem to > be rock solid. > > For R4k you need binutils 2.11.92, as there is a problem with dla/la > expansion in the Ulf's patch for .mips3+. That actually can be fixed in > 2.11.2 easily but I was going to switch to 2.11.92 anyway, as it has more > MIPS/Linux support integrated and 2.12 is supposedly soon to be released. > Unfortunately 2.11.92 is not as stable as 2.11.2 due to generic ELF code > problems, but I'm trying to track changes and spot a more stable snapshot. I'm using the RedHat 7.1 packages from oss: binutils-2.11.92.0.10-1.mips.rpm gcc-2.96-99.1.mips.rpm > > Some kernels don't start-up, others hang just before forking init, > > and all have problems with my serial console. > > Well, I'm very happy with a /240 running a 2.4.14 snapshot dated > 20011123. For a /260 I need a small, but critical bugfix I'm sending to > the list right now. I wonder how was it possible for the bug to remain > uncovered for so long as it's absolutely lethal and often triggered (I've > only got my /260 recently and it wasn't even running a few minutes > continuously before the fix). My 'main' mips box at home is a /260. I sometimes test things out on a /240, but I don't have access to other boxes. > I can't comment other models. > > > When I get a recent kernel running again, I would love to update my > > DECStation Linux Website with newer instructions and a new root FS. > > I may upload binaries of my kernels to my site if they are to be useful > -- they are fully monolithic (but with kmod support) due to historical > reasons. Only IPv6 is modular due to its unstability -- it freezes the > system immediately on my /240 and splashes a bunch of suspicious messages > on my /260 (weird, but no time to debug). They only support /240 and /260 > due to CONFIG_CPU_HAS_WB unset. Yes please. I hope to get a new disk this week, so I can build a stable development server... Thanks a lot, -- Karel van Houten ---------------------------------------------------------- The box said "Requires Windows 95 or better." I can't understand why it won't work on my Linux computer. ----------------------------------------------------------