From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 04 May 2005 17:42:58 +0100 (BST) Received: from extgw-uk.mips.com ([IPv6:::ffff:62.254.210.129]:8466 "EHLO bacchus.net.dhis.org") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 4 May 2005 17:42:42 +0100 Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bacchus.net.dhis.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j44GgSd4017803; Wed, 4 May 2005 17:42:28 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j44GgRe2017802; Wed, 4 May 2005 17:42:27 +0100 Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 17:42:27 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Bryan Althouse Cc: "'Alex Gonzalez'" , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Message-ID: <20050504164227.GE5525@linux-mips.org> References: <1115214949.13387.13.camel@euskadi.packetvision> <20050504142226Z8225804-1340+6519@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050504142226Z8225804-1340+6519@linux-mips.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 7854 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 10:22:08AM -0400, Bryan Althouse wrote: > Thanks for your help. Yes I do need SMP. Jason Liu of PMC did a check on > my serial number, and found that I have rev 1.1 silicon. He says I need rev > 1.2 in order to use a 2.6.x kernel. I have shipped my hardware back to them > for an upgrade. Hopefully, I'll be back in business in a week or two. That is correct. Earlier revisions didn't implement some functionality that is crucial to SMP. Since only PMC and a small number outside parties have pre-1.2 silicon I agreed with PMC to not try to support earlier revisions. Ralf